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The War of the Worlds / Desolation and Isolation

Author: H.G. Wells  | Themes: isolation, despair, silence, vulnerability, existential struggle

I sat about in the darkness of the scullery, in a state of despondent wretchedness. I thought I had become deaf, for the noises of movement I had been...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Strife

Author: Jane Austen  | Themes: authority, class, defiance, personal agency, irony

Allow me to say, Lady Catherine, that the arguments with which you have supported this extraordinary application have been as frivolous as the applica...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Naval Encounter

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: power, technology, visibility, conflict, anticipation

But I can declare she is a man-of-war, for a long pennant flutters from her main mast.” For a quarter of an hour we watched the ship which was steamin...
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Frankenstein / Maternal Innocence

Author: Mary Shelley  | Themes: motherhood, loss, innocence, judgment, emotional bonds

She was warmly attached to the child who is now dead and acted towards him like a most affectionate mother. For my own part, I do not hesitate to say ...
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Wuthering Heights / Love and Society

Author: Emily Brontë  | Themes: romantic idealism, societal values, superficiality, personal choice, wealth

Edgar because he is handsome, and young, and cheerful, and rich, and loves you. The last, however, goes for nothing: you would love him without that, ...
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Wuthering Heights / Inheritance and Greed

Author: Emily Brontë  | Themes: loss, inheritance, familial tension, childhood, materialism

“He’s in the court,” he replied, “talking to Doctor Kenneth; who says uncle is dying, truly, at last. I’m glad, for I shall be master of the Grange af...