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Great Expectations vs. Oliver Twist

During his lifetime, Charles Dickens is known to have written several books.
Although each book is different, they also share many similarities. Two of his
books, Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, are representatives of the many
kinds of differences and similarities found within his work.

Perhaps the reason why these two novels share some of the same qualities is
because they both reflect painful experiences which occurred in Dickens' past.
During his childhood, Charles Dickens suffered much abuse from his parents.1
This abuse is often expressed in his novels. Pip, in Great Expectations, talked
often about the abuse he received at the hands of his sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery.
On one occasion he remarked, "I soon found myself getting heavily bumped from
behind in the nape of the neck and the small of the back, and having my face
ignominously shoved against the wall, because I did not answer those questions
at sufficient length."2

While at the......

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