Download or read book Christmas Stories IV written by Dickens C. and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The setting of "The Battle of Life" 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. It is the only one of the five Christmas Books that has no supernatural or explicitly religious elements.