Romance
Battle of Life ,a Love Story (Annotated)
2014·140 pages
In this Victorian novella, two sisters face emotional trials of love and sacrifice in a peaceful English village shadowed by an ancient battlefield.
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In this Victorian novella, two sisters face emotional trials of love and sacrifice in a peaceful English village shadowed by an ancient battlefield.
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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. The story revolves around two sisters, Grace and Marion, living happily in an English village with their two servants, Clemency Newcome and Ben Britain, and their good-natured widower ...
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Brief mentions of social drinking, such as wine at dinners; not glamorized
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Minor Christian undertones in moral themes; no rituals or clergy central
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Subtle commentary on class and family duty in Victorian society
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