02170. DICKENS AND DOSTOEVSKY. The two nineteenth century novelists are comapred for their treatment of suffering and salvation; their techniques of illusion, coincidence, symbolism and dreams in their story lines are compared in the characters of Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist and Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment. The different motivations for murder are seen as reflecting Dickens' social criticism and Dostoevsky's religious urge. 11 pages, 0 footnotes, 0 bibliographic sources.