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Pride and Prejudice / Financial Ambivalence

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: trust, betrayal, social status, financial dependency, ambition  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-18

His own father did not long survive mine; and within half a year from these events Mr. Wickham wrote to inform me that, having finally resolved agains...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Marriage and Economics

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: gender inequality, economic dependency, familial expectations, marriage pressures  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-16

Each daughter can claim an income of £ 250, in case of marriage. It is evident, therefore, that if both girls had married, this beauty would have had ...
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Gulliver's Travels / Cultural Transition

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: communication, dependency, identity, power dynamics, exploration  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-13

By his assistance, I was able to hold a conversation with those who came to visit me; but this consisted only of their questions, and my answers. The ...
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Dracula / Intimacy and Control

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: desire, power dynamics, intimacy, agency, dependency  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-29

He rubbed the brandy, as on another occasion, on her lips and gums and on her wrists and the palms of her hands. He said to me:-- “I can do this, all ...
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Gulliver's Travels / Struggle at Sea

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: survival, resilience, nature, vulnerability, dependency  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-21

The seamen threw me the end of the cord, which I fastened to a hole in the fore-part of the boat, and the other end to a man of war; but I found all m...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Social Dynamics

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: class distinctions, personal sacrifice, social hierarchy, beauty standards, economic dependency  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

You need not, however, go to the expense of purchasing one, as we have one belonging to my dear daughter Alice (now in Philadelphia), which would, I s...