The Official Harry Potter thread (SPOILERS - NO tags)

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Definitely. Good point, Jeff. I love Dickens, particularily David Copperfield, but I really hadn't made the connection before.

Some of the many similarities include Loss of Parents early on; Living with cruel and uncaring guardians; going away to a school; The uncanny similarities between Filch and Creakle though are what really makes me think she must have read and re-read DC over and over again.........

Then there is this......

Before Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings were made into films....there was this.