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The paper attempts to explore and understand two of the most famous novels of the Victorian era and their ability to represent the reality of the era. The selected novels are Hard Times (1854) by Charles Dickens and Jude The Obscure (1895) by Thomas Hardy. The paper attempts to use the writings and the ideas of both authors, for instance, Charles Dickens's satire and sharp social commentary and the pessimist view of Thomas Hardy, to try and indicate how well their writings, ideas and themes blend to develop the elements that add a certain kind of perspective to the reader's understanding of the Victorian era. The paper contains a detailed analysis and numerous quotes (including the chapters and page numbers) from both novels which will further contribute to the in-depth study of these novels. Considering the study done in this paper. the selected novels do justify the hypothesis of this paper as well as the claim of being two of the greatest novels of the times.