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Pride and Prejudice / Pride and Duty

Author: Jane Austen  | Themes: family honor, social expectations, identity, affection, guardianship

Family pride, and _filial_ pride, for he is very proud of what his father was, have done this. Not to appear to disgrace his family, to degenerate fro...
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Gulliver's Travels / Cultural Encounters

Author: Jonathan Swift  | Themes: family ties, societal norms, immortality, cultural pride, polite discourse

But I thought it more consistent with prudence and justice to pass the remainder of my days with my wife and family. A particular description of the S...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Fading Aspirations

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: adventure, aspiration, societal trends, longing, confinement

But five days after the article in the bulletin of the Geographical Society appeared, the demand began to subside: “Phileas Fogg” declined. They were ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Tempestuous Struggles

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: resilience, nature's power, chaos, exploration, human struggle

keep up the sail--no matter what happens." These words were scarcely uttered when the southern horizon underwent a sudden and violent change. The long...
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Dracula / Life and Numbers

Author: Bram Stoker  | Themes: subjectivity, isolation, modernism, psychological struggle

I scolded him for it, but he argued quietly that it was very good and very wholesome; that it was life, strong life, and gave life to him. He has evid...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Secrets of the Nautilus

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: mystery, exploration, secrecy, technology, conflict

Aronnax?” Saying which, Captain Nemo went towards a piece of furniture standing near the left panel of the saloon. Near this piece of furniture, I saw...