The Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 creator Doyle, Richard 1824-1883 Leech, John 1817-1864 Maclise, Daniel 1806-1870 Stanfield, Clarkson 1793-1867 text utu 2012 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Battle of Life: A Love Story" by Charles Dickens is a novella published in 1846. Two sisters, Grace and Marion, live peacefully with their widower father until Marion's betrothed leaves to complete his studies. When Marion mysteriously disappears on the day of his return, her family believes she has eloped with a notorious libertine. Years pass before the truth emerges about Marion's disappearance and her true feelings. This Christmas Book explores themes of love, sacrifice, and misunderstanding in a village built on the site of an historic battle. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Life Release date is 2012-09-10 Produced by Chris Curnow, eagkw and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Christmas stories, English PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40723 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40723 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133930.0 40723