This novel basically depicts the battles one faces in life and winning them.

he Battle of Life: A Love Story is a novella by Charles Dickens, 1st published in 1846. 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, hence the title.

Battle is the only one of the five Christmas Books that has no supernatural or explicitly religious elements. (One scene takes place at Christmas time, but it isn't the final scene.)