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The Battle of Life
Charles Dickens
Book Overview:
While "The Battle of Life" is one of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books - his annual release of a story just before Christmas - this one breaks the tradition by not being concerned with Christmas. Rather, its subtitle, "A Love Story", reveals more of the plot.
The major events of this book take place on land that once was a battleground. That is just a backdrop for Dickens' idea of the real battle of life - finding and winning the right partner, so that life will go on to the next generation. The family that lives there is rather confused in its affections and intentions regarding who should end up with whom. We are thrust into the fight to make things work out, and, happily for a Christmas book, Dickens leads us on to a happy ending.
While "The Battle of Life" is one of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books - his annual release of a story just before Christmas - this one breaks the tradition by not being concerned with Christmas. Rather, its subtitle, "A Love Story", reveals more of the plot.
The major events of this book take place on land that once was a battleground. That is just a backdrop for Dickens' idea of the real battle of life - finding and winning the right partner, so that life will go on to the next generation. The family that lives there is rather confused in its affections and intentions regarding who should end up with whom. We are thrust into the fight to make things work out, and, happily for a Christmas book, Dickens leads us on to a happy ending.
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“A joke,” replied the Doctor.
“Did you ever go to law?” asked Mr. Snitchey, looking out of the blue bag.
“Never,” returned the Doctor.
“If you ever do,” said Mr. Snitchey, “perhaps you’ll alter that opinion.”
Craggs, who seemed to be represented by[24] Snitchey, and to be conscious of little or no separate existence or personal individuality, offered a remark of his own in this place. It involved the only idea of which he did not stand seised and possessed in equal moieties with Snitchey; but he had some partners in it among the wise men of the world.
“It’s made a great deal too easy,” said Mr. Craggs.
“Law is?” asked the Doctor.
“Yes,” sai. . . Read More
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I love A Christmas Carol. Every film adaption from the black and white one to the muppets.
But I have never read the story. So this year I vowed to finally read the original.
Along with a few of Dickens’ other Christmas writings I really enjoyed it.
I won’t bother with a synopsis, as everyone knows
“…there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.”
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“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.”
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[First read: 2010 or thereabouts. 4 stars.
Second read: Christmas 2015. 4 stars.
Third read: Christmas, 2016. 4 stars.]
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