later influence much of his writings. In a fragmentary autobiography Dickens wrote:
             "It is wonderful to me how I could have been so easily cast away at such an age....My father and mother were quite satisfied....My whole nature was so penetrated with grief and humiliation of such considerations, that even now, famous and caressed and happy, I often forget in my dreams that I have a dear wife and children; even that I am a man; and wander desolately back to that time of my life. (Perdue 1)
             Feeling hurt from his childhood, Charles still remembers how he was treated as a child, tending to forget and neglect the present.
             Charles Dickens first love was Maria Beadnell. Their love for each other failed deeply from what he thought was their difference in social classes. This rejection scarred Dickens, causing him to burn his works and anything else that reminded him of Maria. ("Charles Dickens" 1). Dickens creates characters and events that connect people and places from his lifetime into his literary works. For example, he depicts Maria as the cold hearted Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, who burns to death in compensation for her cold heart.
             Roughly two years later, he met Catherine Hogarth the daughter of newspaper editor George Hogarth. In 1836 they are married and had ten children; their marriage ended in 1858 (Perdue 1). Within two years, he was involved with Ellen Turnan, an actress he met while interested in theatre. Ellen was 27 years you
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