The Battle of Life - Charles Dickens - Book 10

Title: The Battle of Life

Overview: The Battle of Life: A Love Story is an 1846 novel by Charles Dickens. 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 a historic battle. Some characters refer to the battle as a metaphor for the struggles of life, hence the title. The 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. It is one of Dickens's lesser-known works and has never attained any high level of popularity – a trait it shares with The Haunted Man, in contrast to the other of his Christmas Books.

Published: 1846

Series: Christmas Novella, Book 4

Author: Charles Dickens

Genre: Novel, Serial Novel, Social Criticism Novel, Novella, Bildungsroman, Fiction Novel

Episode: The Battle of Life - Charles Dickens - Book 10

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 3:28:47

Book: 10

Length Book: 3:28:47

Episodes: 1 - 7 of 7

Narrator: Mark F. Smith

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: love, struggle, determination, persistence, kindness, human spirit, morality play, perception, discovery, hope, farce, marriage, school, elopement, forgiveness, betrayal, deceit, social classes, reconciliation, growth, change, christmas

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