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The Battle Of Life (1901)

by Charles Dickens(Favorite Author)

3.13 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1404361413 (ISBN13: 9781404361416)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

IndyPublish.com

series

Christmas Books

review 1: A novella by Dickens and I like reading minor works of authors. The book brought me in with the quintessential Dickens qualities, going into a scene with Dr. Jeddler, his two daughters, the intended of the younger one, odd servants, and two lawyers. Their outdoor luncheon was almost like a Mad Hatter scene. The hint that the younger daughter doesn't return her lover's exuberance is developed through other characters until she disappears. Dickens was economical in resolving all this, except for the funny relationships of the lawyer wives. I don't know the history of it, whether he might have fleshed the story into subplots the way he usually did, but it was straightforward in its intention and enjoyable.
review 2: Size is a question of perception. Published... more as a novella in 1846, The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens came into the world boasting a mere three chapters. One may think, after hearing this that such a short book could hardly be worth the paper and ink. The fact that the chapters are of hefty dimensions should hardly play a role. What should, however, influence a potential reader is quality. The three pregnant chapters of The Battle of Life are brimming with quality. Any author would be proud and swollen with pride to have fathered such an extraordinary and noteworthy child (as I feel sure Dickens was). The old axiom: “Less is more” would fit this narrative admirably. This is a love story to rival any written by Jane Austin or any of the Bronté sisters, with considerably less verbal baggage. I can’t see how anyone can fail to love Dickens and this short volume (word for word) his best. less

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