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The Battle of Life Illustrated by Charles Dickens

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danglo's review against another edition

3.0

Reading Dickens Christmas Books in publication order. My ranking after three books:

1. A Christmas Carol
2. The Cricket on the Hearth
3. The Battle of Life
4. The Chimes

boyonfire24's review against another edition

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2.0

Not gonna lie, felt like Dickens phoned this one in.

ellachis's review against another edition

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4.0

''Io penso che nella vita ci siano anche lotte e vittorie tranquille, grandi sacrifici e nobili eroismi anche nell'apparente leggerezza o tra contraddizioni stridenti... Azioni tanto più difficili e meritevoli dal momento che non vengono compiute davanti agli occhi di tutti e non sono innalzate agli onori della cronaca."
Il poco che conta davvero nella battaglia della vita è l'amore.

bagismguru's review against another edition

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funny mysterious fast-paced

3.0

ronanmjdoyle's review against another edition

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3.0

Such a fine conceptual conceit, and so very little of any great note done with it. Reading the Christmas books in sequence, I think, was not a very good idea. They're ill-distinguished in such close proximity. Can't say much more than I've said already: sweet and simple sentiments that likely meant much more to a contemporary audience than they ever really could to us now. Not hanging around here for anything but the language.