The Battle Of Life - Dickens, Charles
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Charles Dickens published a book titled The Battle of Life: A Love Story in 1846. After 'The Cricket on the Hearth'' and'' The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, it is the fourth of his five "Christmas Books." An English village that is located on the location of a famous battle serves as the backdrop. The title comes from some characters who use the war as a metaphor for life's challenges. Of the five Christmas Books, only the fight lacks overtly magical or religious overtones. (A Christmas-themed sequence occurs, but it's not the last scene.) The story has two aspects in common with The…mehr

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Charles Dickens published a book titled The Battle of Life: A Love Story in 1846. After 'The Cricket on the Hearth'' and'' The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, it is the fourth of his five "Christmas Books." An English village that is located on the location of a famous battle serves as the backdrop. The title comes from some characters who use the war as a metaphor for life's challenges. Of the five Christmas Books, only the fight lacks overtly magical or religious overtones. (A Christmas-themed sequence occurs, but it's not the last scene.) The story has two aspects in common with The Cricket on the Hearth: a non-urban setting, and a romantic twist in how it is resolved. Compared to Cricket, it is much less of a social novel. Dickens usually has a happy ending, and this is no exception. In contrast to the other Dickens' Christmas Books, it is one of the author's lesser-known works and has never gained a high level of popularity. Jule Hopwood became unwell and passed away on March 1, 1929, while she was negotiating legal concerns with his estate. In the same grave as her son was she.
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) fue un célebre novelista y crítico social inglés, ampliamente considerado como uno de los más grandes escritores de la época victoriana. Nacido en Portsmouth, Inglaterra, Dickens vivió una infancia difícil, marcada por las penurias económicas, que más tarde influyeron en gran parte de sus escritos. Dickens saltó a la fama con sus novelas por entregas y se hizo famoso por su habilidad para combinar el humor, una aguda observación social y unos personajes profundamente humanos. Sus obras arrojan luz sobre las luchas de los pobres, los defectos de los sistemas institucionales y las grandes disparidades entre las clases sociales en la Inglaterra del siglo XIX. Hoy en día, Dickens es célebre no sólo por sus apasionantes relatos, sino también por su perdurable impacto en la literatura y la sociedad.