Charles Dickens

The Battle of Life

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Produktbeschreibung

The Battle of Life: A Love Story is a romantic novella by Charles Dickens that was first published in 1846. It is the fourth of Dickens' five "Christmas Books", the first and best known of which is A Christmas Carol. It is the only one of Dickens' "Christmas Books" that does not feature any ghosts or supernatural beings. The action takes place in an English village which had been the site of a battle many years earlier, giving the novella its name. In common with Dickens' previous "Christmas Book", The Cricket on the Hearth, the story ends with a romantic twist.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pharos Books Private Limited
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 135g
• ISBN-13: 9789358041804
• ISBN-10: 9358041803
• Artikelnr.: 68563365

Autorenporträt

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education and other social reforms.