The Battle of Life 人生的戰(zhàn)斗(III)(英文版)
TheBattleofLife:ALoveStoryisanovellabyCharlesDickens,firstpublishedin1846.Itisthefourthofhisfive"ChristmasBooks"/It'sthe4thofhisfive"ChristmasBooks",comingafterTheCricketontheHearthandfollowedbyTheHauntedManandtheGhost'sBargain.BattleistheonlyoneofthefiveChristmasBooksthathasnosupernaturalorexplicitlyreligiouselements.(OnescenetakesplaceatChristmastime,butitisnotthefinalscene.)ThestorybearssomeresemblancetoTheCricketontheHearthintworespects:ithasanon-urbansetting,anditisresolvedwitharomantictwist.ItisevenlessofasocialnovelthanisCricket.AsistypicalwithDickens,theendingisahappyone.ThesettingisanEnglishvillagethatstandsonthesiteofanhistoricbattle.Somecharactersrefertothebattleasametaphorforthestrugglesoflife,hencethetitle.
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