<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:27:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/bounderby/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[[Literature] Charles Dickens:  Hard Times #15/147]]></title><description><![CDATA[Childers replied pointedly, that he was not at all astonished to hear it.‘Very well,’ said Bounderby. ‘I was born in a ditch, and my mother ran away from me. Do I excuse her for it? No. Have I ever excused]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/childers/@vivids/literature-charles-dickens-hard-times-15-147</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/childers/@vivids/literature-charles-dickens-hard-times-15-147</guid><category><![CDATA[childers]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vivids]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:29:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Literature] Charles Dickens:  Hard Times #12/147]]></title><description><![CDATA[I asked her if she would know how to define a horse tomorrow, and offered to tell her again, and she ran away, and I ran after her, sir, that she might know how to answer when she was asked. You wouldn’t]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/horse/@vivids/literature-charles-dickens-hard-times-12-147</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/horse/@vivids/literature-charles-dickens-hard-times-12-147</guid><category><![CDATA[horse]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vivids]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:02:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Literature] Charles Dickens:  Hard Times #9/147]]></title><description><![CDATA[The reason is (as you know) the only faculty to which education should be addressed. And yet, Bounderby, it would appear from this unexpected circumstance of today, though in itself a trifling one, as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bounderby/@vivids/literature-charles-dickens-hard-times-9-147</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bounderby/@vivids/literature-charles-dickens-hard-times-9-147</guid><category><![CDATA[bounderby]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vivids]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 04:27:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Literature] Charles Dickens:  Hard Times #7/147]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHAPTER 4Mr BounderbyNOTbeing Mrs Grundy, who wasMr Bounderby?Why, Mr Bounderby was as near being Mr Gradgrind’s bosom friend, as a man perfectly devoid of sentiment can approach that spiritual relationship]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bounderbynotbeing/@vivids/literature-charles-dickens-hard-times-7-147</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bounderbynotbeing/@vivids/literature-charles-dickens-hard-times-7-147</guid><category><![CDATA[bounderbynotbeing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vivids]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:16:36 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>