Both Uses of
theme
in
Hard Times
- Nothing more was said on this theme, and Mr. Harthouse was soon idly gay on indifferent subjects.†
Chpt 2.9
- It must be the theme of general conversation.†
Chpt 3.9 *
Definition:
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(theme as in: theme of the novel) a basic idea that underlies what is being said or done -- especially in a literary or artistic work