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Around the World in Eighty Days / Railroad Connections

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: transportation, urgency, expansion, modernity, connectivity

Omaha is connected with Chicago by the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, which runs directly east, and passes fifty stations. Fogg and his party reach...
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Pride and Prejudice / Misunderstanding and Accountability

Author: Jane Austen  | Themes: wit, social critique, personal growth, gender roles

I knew enough of your disposition to be certain, that had you been absolutely, irrevocably decided against me, you would have acknowledged it to Lady ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Urgency of Communication

Author: Jane Austen  | Themes: family duty, emotional tension, crisis response, communication, personal relationships

“No; but it must be done soon.” Most earnestly did she then entreat him to lose no more time before he wrote. my dear father,” she cried, “come back a...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Tensions

Author: Jane Austen  | Themes: secrecy, social norms, introspection, repression, authenticity

and yet how many things have happened!” “A great many indeed,” said her companion, with a sigh. “We have dined nine times at Rosings, besides drinking...
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The War of the Worlds / Conflict and Machinery

Author: H.G. Wells  | Themes: competition, technology, industrialization, human emotion, progress

I turned to a scowling face, and silent, eloquent lips. He wanted the slit, which permitted only one of us to peep through; and so I had to forego wat...
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Dracula / Vampire Limitations

Author: Bram Stoker  | Themes: myth vs reality, cultural fears, identity, mortality, superstition

In fine, let us consider the limitations of the vampire in general, and of this one in particular. “All we have to go upon are traditions and supersti...