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Character Name	Jeddler, Dr. Anthony
Character Description	Dr. Anthony Jeddler is a philosopher and widowed father of two daughters, Grace and Marion. He has a sister named Martha and a ward named Alfred Heathfield
Book Title - Featuring Character	Battle of Life, The
Book Description	Battle of Life was the fourth of five Christmas stories that Charles Dickens wrote. He wrote this story in September-October 1846 and it was first published in one volume in December 1846. It is the story of a man named Doctor Jeddler who is a philosopher about life regarding it as a big joke for the most part. He has two daughters named Marion and Grace. His daughter Marion is engaged to marry the doctor's ward, Alfred Heathfield but she runs away the night before her wedding supposedly eloping with a worthless young man named Michael Warden. Eventually her sister marries Alfred Heathfield and Marion returns home confessing that she left after realizing her sister Grace loved Alfred thereby sacrificing her happiness for that of her sister. She also reveals that she didn't really elope but had been staying at the country home of her Aunt Martha. She does eventually end up marrying Michael Warden. There is also a sub-plot throughout the story about the Doctor's maidservant, Clemency Newcome, and the man she eventually marries named Benjamin Britain who works as a manservant to the Doctor
Date of Drawing	circa 1887-1909
Artist	Clark, Joseph Clayton, 1856 or 7-1945
Artist Pen Name	Kyd, 1856 or 7-1938
Title for the Collection of Illustrations	Illustrations to Dickens
Collection Publisher	Philadelphia: Pawson & Nicholson, Bookbinders, 1903
Subjects	Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Characters - Dickens, Charles; Illustrations - Dickens, Charles; Watercolor painting - Specimens; Color drawing - Specimens
Physical Dimensions	Quarto (11x8 7/8 in., 279x225mm)
Type	Watercolor Drawing
Format	jpeg
Special Collection	Nichols Collection
Rights	University of Oklahoma Libraries Nichols Collection