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Pride and Prejudice / Survival Anxiety

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social status, gender roles, inheritance, family duty, emotional despair  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-28

Let us flatter ourselves that _I_ may be the survivor.” This was not very consoling to Mrs. Bennet; and, therefore, instead of making any answer, she ...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Legacy and Fate

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: inheritance, mystery, fate, familial ties, uncertainty  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-12

I had begun to take comfort too soon, however; yesterday morning the blow fell in the very shape in which it had come upon my father.” The young man t...