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Looking for read-alikes for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens? These 24 titles overlap in English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, European, Literary Criticism, and Classics and overall literary texture.

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A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books — Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books

Charles Dickens

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The Wings of the Dove — Henry James

The Wings of the Dove

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

Modern Classics Ulysses Annotated Student’s Edition — James Joyce

Modern Classics Ulysses Annotated Student’s Edition

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Kept in the Dark — Anthony Trollope

Kept in the Dark

Anthony Trollope

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Hamlet — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

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Valperga, Or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Valperga, Or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

Gulliver’s Travels — Jonathan Swift

Gulliver’s Travels

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Trilby — George Du Maurier

George Du Maurier

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Ruth — Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell

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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde, Fiction, Literary, Classics, Literary Collections — Oscar Wilde

De Profundis by Oscar Wilde, Fiction, Literary, Classics, Literary Collections

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The History of Pendennis His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy — William Makepeace Thackeray

The History of Pendennis His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy

William Makepeace Thackeray

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The Master of Ballantrae — Robert Louis Stevenson

The Master of Ballantrae

Robert Louis Stevenson

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

Persuasion — Jane Austen

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

The Napoleon of Notting Hill — Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

Can You Forgive Her? — Anthony Trollope

Can You Forgive Her?

Anthony Trollope

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

Huntingtower — John Buchan

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

King Richard the Second — William Shakespeare

King Richard the Second

William Shakespeare

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Washington Square — Henry James

Washington Square

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The Trumpet-major — Thomas Hardy

The Trumpet-major

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

Tess of the D’Urbervilles — Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

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Moby Dick; Or, The Whale — Herman Melville

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

Herman Melville

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Heart of Darkness — Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

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Agnes Grey — Anne Brontë

Agnes Grey — Anne Brontë

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

Idylls of the King — Alfred Tennyson

Idylls of the King

Alfred Tennyson

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

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