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Pride and Prejudice / Longing and Separation

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: unrequited love, social class, courtship, isolation, hope  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-03

They were confined for the evening at different tables; and she had nothing to hope, but that his eyes were so often turned towards her side of the ro...
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Frankenstein / Moral Ambivalence

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: sacrifice, reward, love, loyalty, freedom  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-19

Felix visited the grate at night and made known to the prisoner his intentions in his favour. The Turk, amazed and delighted, endeavoured to kindle th...
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Frankenstein / Marriage and Society

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social status, gender roles, love and age, personal relationships  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-06

The pretty Miss Mansfield has already received the congratulatory visits on her approaching marriage with a young Englishman, John Melbourne, Esq. You...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Significance of Trifles

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: identity, trust, duality, love, truth  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles. there has been an enclosure here!” “Yes, there was a ring. His signet-ring.”...
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Frankenstein / Fate and Love

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: love, destiny, sacrifice, sorrow, struggle  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

And then I thought again of his words—“_I will be with you on your wedding-night._” That, then, was the period fixed for the fulfilment of my destiny....
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Frankenstein / Possession and Attachment

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: love, possession, naivety, pride, protection  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

The passionate and almost reverential attachment with which all regarded her became, while I shared it, my pride and my delight. On the evening previo...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Class Conflict

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: class struggle, family expectations, love versus duty  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

It was the favourite wish of _his_ mother, as well as of hers. While in their cradles we planned the union; and now, at the moment when the wishes of ...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Love and Loss

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: grief, familial love, vulnerability, masculinity, emotional conflict  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

My family itself is so small that it will not take me long to describe it. When my dear wife died I felt that he was all I had to love. I could not be...
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Frankenstein / Love and Turmoil

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: love, inner conflict, nature, existential dread, beauty  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

While we love, while we are true to each other, here in this land of peace and beauty, your native country, we may reap every tranquil blessing—what c...
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Frankenstein / Emotional Resilience

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: joy, despair, human experience, resilience, love of life  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-05

Almost spent, as I was, by fatigue and the dreadful suspense I endured for several hours, this sudden certainty of life rushed like a flood of warm jo...
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Pride and Prejudice / Emotional Conflict

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: love, resentment, societal expectations, personal conflict, emotional vulnerability  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-25

In spite of her deeply-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man’s affection, and though her intentions did not vary...
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Dracula / Secrets and Acknowledgments

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: love, secrecy, vulnerability, communication, identity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-25

I have copied out the words on my typewriter, and none other need now hear your heart beat, as I did.” “No one need ever know, shall ever know,” I sai...
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Dracula / Consciousness and Death

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: mortality, grief, family bonds, love, sacrifice  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-20

It will be much difference, mark me, whether she dies conscious or in her sleep. Wake that poor boy, and let him come and see the last; he trusts us, ...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Greed and Deception

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: greed, love, manipulation, agency, betrayal  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-16

His wicked lust for gold kindled at the news, and he bent her to his will. I have no doubt that she loved you, but there are women in whom the love of...
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Pride and Prejudice / Sisterly Confessions

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: love, societal norms, personal growth, family bonds, emotional revelation  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-16

I am afraid you will be angry.” “My dearest sister, now be, _be_ serious. Let me know everything that I am to know without delay. Will you tell me how...