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Dive into the thought-provoking world of Erewhon, a timeless classic by Samuel Butler that masterfully blends satire, philosophy, and speculative fiction. Set in a mysterious and isolated land, Erewhon explores a society that challenges conventional notions of morality, technology, religion, and justice.

Hard Times is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book surveys English society and satirizes the social and economic conditions of the era. Hard Times is unusual in several ways. It is by far the shortest of Dickens's novels, barely a quarter of the length of those written immediately before and after it. Moreover, it is his only novel not to have scenes set in London. Instead, the story is set in the fictitious Victorian industrial Coketown, a generic Northern English mill-town.

El practicante Sergei Kuzmich Kuriatin sustituye al médico titular del hospital. A la sala de visitas entra el sacristán Vonmiglásov con un dolor horrible en una muela. Kuriatin le pide que se siente en el sillón y que abra la boca. Afirma que la cirugía de muelas es una cosa sencilla, basta con tener práctica y mano firme.