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One of Charles Dickens’s more tender and lesser-known Christmas novellas, The Battle of Life unfolds in a tranquil English village, where the rhythm of daily life is soon disturbed by the quiet dramas of the human heart. The story centers upon two devoted sisters, Grace and Marion Jeddler, who live under the affectionate yet philosophical eye of their father, a man who believes life itself to be a kind of comic battle. Yet beneath this cheerful exterior lies a tale of sacrifice, unspoken love, and the enduring strength of family devotion.
As the sisters grow into womanhood, their bond is tested by the trials of affection and misunderstanding. Marion’s beauty and impulsive nature attract the attentions of Alfred Heathfield, a young man of promise and warmth, while Grace—steady, gentle, and self-effacing—watches with quiet affection as events unfold. But when love, pride, and mistaken motives set in motion a chain of painful choices, the family must endure years of separation, silence, and doubt. Through it all, Dickens reveals how the truest battles of life are not fought on fields of war, but within the hearts of those who must choose between their own happiness and the good of others.
With a Dickens Bio, Interview, Quotations, Catherine Dickens, Dickens & Women, In America, Death, Last Will, Did Dickens Invent Christmas, The Enlightenment Of Scrooge, The Chain I Forged In Life, Jacob Marley And Tiny Tim The Moral Compass Of A Christmas Carol, Chronology
A true Dickens Christmas classic.
© 2025 Icon Audio Arts (Lydbog): 9781998618903
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Lydbog: 27. november 2025
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