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The Battle of Life

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: UK Dodo Press 2007Description: 90pISBN:
  • 9781406554533
DDC classification:
  • 823/DIC
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The Battle of Life is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1846. It is the fourth of his five "Christmas Books". Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), also known as "Boz", was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language's greatest writers, he was acclaimed for his rich storytelling and memorable characters, and achieved massive worldwide popularity in his lifetime. The popularity of his novels and short stories has meant that not one has ever gone out of print. Dickens wrote serialised novels, the usual format for fiction at the time, and each new part of his stories was eagerly anticipated by the reading public. Among his best-known works are Sketches by Boz (1836), The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1838), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Barnaby Rudge (1841), A Christmas Carol (1843), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Great Expectations (1861) and Our Mutual Friend (1865).

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The Battle of Life is a timeless tale of love, self-sacrifice, and sisterly devotion. Marion and Grace are sisters and best friends, living with their widowed father in eighteenth-century England. Marion is engaged to a medical student, Alfred Heathfield, who leaves to finish his studies. In the meantime she is being pursued by the rakish Michael Warden. Much To The consternation of Clemency, The family's faithful servant, Marion seems to be forming a secret attachment to Michael. Would she really throw away her fiancé's love, As well as her own respectability, To run off with such a man? One of Charles Dickens' famous 'Christmas Books', The Battle of Life is filled with the compassion and poignancy which characterizes this much-loved author's works. Excerpted from The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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