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The battle of life a love story

Once upon a time there were two devoted sisters, Grace and Marion. The younger, Marion, is engaged to Alfred, whom the sisters have known since he was a boy. Alfred goes off to seek his fortune, but three years later, the sisters receive a letter saying he'll return soon to claim his bride. The night Alfred is due to arrive, Marion runs away with a neighboring landowner with a bad reputation who has made no secret of his lust for the beauteous girl. Fast-forward six years: Alfred and Grace are married, but they've never stopped mourning Marion. She returns home on Grace's birthday and reveals that she ran away because she knew that Grace secretly loved Alfred, and wanted to remove herself as an impediment to their union. But Marion isn't ruined! Far from it! She has been living chastely for the past six years with her aunt. Her virtue has caused the landowner to mend his dissolute ways, and he becomes Marion's suitor.

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  • "Battle of life"@en
  • "Drama founded on the new Christmas annual of Charles Dickens"
  • "Sämmtliche Werke"
  • "Mr. Dickens's Christmas book"@en

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  • "Once upon a time there were two devoted sisters, Grace and Marion. The younger, Marion, is engaged to Alfred, whom the sisters have known since he was a boy. Alfred goes off to seek his fortune, but three years later, the sisters receive a letter saying he'll return soon to claim his bride. The night Alfred is due to arrive, Marion runs away with a neighboring landowner with a bad reputation who has made no secret of his lust for the beauteous girl. Fast-forward six years: Alfred and Grace are married, but they've never stopped mourning Marion. She returns home on Grace's birthday and reveals that she ran away because she knew that Grace secretly loved Alfred, and wanted to remove herself as an impediment to their union. But Marion isn't ruined! Far from it! She has been living chastely for the past six years with her aunt. Her virtue has caused the landowner to mend his dissolute ways, and he becomes Marion's suitor."@en
  • "Curl up with this heartwarming tale of redemption from the master of the happy ending, Charles Dickens. A great read at Christmas-time or whenever you could use some uplifting lighter fare, The Battle of Life is a fast-paced tale that you'll finish with a smile on your face and renewed faith in the inherent goodness of humanity."@en
  • "Having for a subtitle "A Love Story," The Battle of Life is one of Charles Dickens's Christmas Books which was first published in 1846. Like other Christmas stories, The Battle of Life has a happy ending though without the employment of any religious themes or supernatural effects. It follows the life of a happy family composed of a father named Dr. Jeddlar and his two daughters Grace and Marion. Dr. Jeddlar also has a ward named Albert Heathfield who is in love with Marion and hopes to marry her. When Albert leaves the village to continue his studies, Marion is believed to be seduced to elopement by an infamous man in the village. After retuning and learning the story, Albert is deeply grieved. However, he soon develops a romantic relationship with the older sister Grace and ends up marrying her. On the birthday of their first daughter that they decided to name Marion, Grace's sister visits the family after a long absence. She declares that she never eloped, but only left to live with an aunt in order to leave Albert for her older sister. The story culminates in a warm scene in which the family is happily reunited."@en
  • "This is a story of two devoted sisters, Grace and Marion. The younger, Marion, is engaged to Alfred, whom the sisters have known since he was a boy. Alfred goes off to seek his fortune, but three years later, the sisters receive a letter saying he'll return soon to claim his bride. The night Alfred is due to arrive, Marion runs away with a neighboring landowner with a bad reputation who has made no secret of his lust for the beauiful girl. Fast-forward six years: Alfred and Grace are married, but they've never stopped mourning Marion. She returns home on Grace's birthday and reveals that she ran away because she knew that Grace secretly loved Alfred, and wanted to remove herself as an impediment to their union. But Marion isn't ruined! Far from it! She has been living chastely for the past six years with her aunt. Her virtue has caused the landowner to mend his dissolute ways, and he becomes Marion's suitor."
  • "The Battle of Life: A Love Story is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in 1846. It is the fourth of his five ""Christmas Books"", coming after The Cricket on the Hearth and followed by The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. The setting is an English village that stands on the site of a historic battle. Some characters refer to the battle as a metaphor for the struggles of life, hence the title."@en

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  • "Erzählende Literatur: Hauptwerk vor 1945"
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  • "Christmas stories"@en
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  • "Opowiadanie angielskie"
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  • "The battle of life a love story"@en
  • "The battle of life a love story"
  • "The Battle of life"
  • "The battle of life ... Printed in the corresponding style of Pitman's shorthand"@en
  • "The battle of life A. love story"
  • "The battle of life [and Tom Tiddler's ground]"
  • "Der Kampf des Lebens : eine Liebesgeschichte"
  • "The drama founded on the new Christmas annual of Charles Dickens, Esq. : called The battle of life"@en
  • "The battle of life : [first stage adaptation : British Library MS additional 42998]"@en
  • "The Battle of Life : A love story"
  • "The Battle of Life, etc. [With illustrations after the original designs.]"@en
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  • "The Battle of life : a love story"@en
  • "The battle of life, dramatized"@en
  • "The battle of life; a love story"@en
  • "The Battle of Life : A Love Story"@en
  • "The battle of life, etc. [With illustrations, after the original designs.]"@en
  • "The battle of life : a love story. Printed in the corresponding style of Pitman's shorthand"@en
  • "Der Kampf des Lebens, eine Liebesgeschichte von Charles Dickens. Aus dem englischen von Julius Seybt"
  • "The Battle of life, a love story, by Charles Dickens"
  • "The battle of life"@en
  • "The battle of life"
  • "Der Kampf des Lebens : Eine Liebesgeschichte"
  • "The battle of life : A love story"
  • "The battle of life, a love story, by Charles Dickens"
  • "The Battle of Life ... Printed in the corresponding style of Pitman's shorthand"@en
  • "Der Kampf des Lebens"
  • "˜Derœ Kampf des Lebens eine Liebesgeschichte"
  • "The battle of life, etc"@en
  • "The battle of life, etc"
  • "Battle of life a love story"@en
  • "The Battle of Life: A love Story"
  • "The battle of life : a love story"
  • "The battle of life : a love story"@en
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  • "The Battle of Life : a love story"
  • "Battle of life"@en
  • "Battle of life"
  • "Der Kampf des Lebens Eine Liebesgeschichte : Aus dem Englischen von Julius Seybt"
  • "Der Kampf des Lebens. Eine Liebesgeschichte"
  • "Der Kampf des Lebens : Eine Liebesgeschichte von Charles Dickens. Aus dem Englischen von Julius Seybt"
  • "Der Kampf des Lebens: Eine Liebesgeschichte"
  • "Der kampf des lebens"
  • "The battle of life, a love story"@en
  • "The battle of life, a love story"
  • "The battle of life. A love story. [With illustrations by D. Maclise, R. Doyle, J. Leech and C. Stanfield.]"@en
  • "The battle of life. A love story"@en
  • "The battle of life. A love story"
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  • "The Battle of Life"
  • "The battle of life ... With ... illustrations"@en

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