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Pride and Prejudice / Generational Wisdom

Author: Jane Austen  | Themes: youth versus age, social expectations, familial bonds, folly of romance

I had hoped that our sentiments coincided in every particular, but I must so far differ from you as to think our two youngest daughters uncommonly foo...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Trust and Betrayal

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle  | Themes: trust, wedding, discretion, intrigue, societal norms

I will read it to you, and in return you must turn over these papers and let me have whatever bears upon the matter. SHERLOCK HOLMES,—Lord Backwater t...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Time and Travel

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: punctuality, determination, progress, adventure

Calcutta was reached at seven in the morning, and the packet left for Hong Kong at noon; so that Phileas Fogg had five hours before him. According to ...
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Dracula / Connections in Grief

Author: Bram Stoker  | Themes: loss, friendship, duty, mourning, emotional complexity

Big, dark blue eyes are set widely apart, and are quick and tender or stern with the man’s moods. “It is Mina Murray that I came to see that was frien...
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Wuthering Heights / Choice and Consequence

Author: Emily Brontë  | Themes: power dynamics, romance, defiance, social obligation, duality

You’ll be able to tell his uncle fine tales of his _kindness_, when you get home again, I assure you.” “You’re right there!” I said; “explain your son...
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Frankenstein / Transformation Through Love

Author: Mary Shelley  | Themes: love, personal growth, emotional awakening, relationships

how sincerely you did love me, and endeavour to elevate my mind until it was on a level with your own. A selfish pursuit had cramped and narrowed me, ...