Download or read book Christmas Stories. The Battle of Life 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: 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. Battle is the only one of the five Christmas Books that has no supernatural or explicitly religious elements.