Hard Times -just finished it

By hidden_raven6223

Spoilers!!! I really liked this one—honestly, it might be my favorite Dickens book so far. I’m super excited to actually talk about it with people. And that ending… the repeated “these things were to be” hit me hard. Plus the part where it’s basically said Louisa doesn’t remarry after Bounderby dies—yeah, that was a total gut punch. I can’t tell what the author wants me to imagine, like, does she end up dying? Does she just raise Bounderby’s kids by herself? What even happens to her? Also, what about Slackbridge? Is he just gone from the story now, or do we know anything that I missed?