The battle of life. A love story . By: Charles Dickens. (Illustrated) NOVEL (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781975716325)

The Battle of Life: A Love Story is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in 1846. It is the fourth of his five "Christmas Books", coming after The Cricket on the Hearth and followed by The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. The setting is an English village that stands on the site of an historic battle. Some characters refer to the battle as a metaphor for the struggles of life, hence the title. Battle is the only one of the five Christmas Books that has no supernatural or explicitly religious elements. (One scene takes place at Christmas time, but it is not the final scene.) The story bears some resemblance to The Cricket on the Hearth in two respects: it has a non-urban setting, and it is resolved with a romantic twist. It is even less of a social novel than is Cricket. As is typical with Dickens, the ending is a happy one.

Author: Charles Dickens
ISBN-10: 1975716329
ISBN-13: 9781975716325
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2017
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.41d