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Pride and Prejudice / Class and Perception

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social class, rural versus urban, character observation, pride and prejudice, societal dynamics  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

They have at least that advantage.” “The country,” said Darcy, “can in general supply but few subjects for such a study. In a country neighbourhood yo...
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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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Around the World in Eighty Days / Colonial Tensions

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: imperialism, identity, strategy, class conflict, cultural pride  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

it’s you, is it, Englishman?” cried the colonel; “it’s you who are going to play a spade!” “And who plays it,” replied Phileas Fogg coolly, throwing d...
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The War of the Worlds / National Identity

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: imperialism, labor, conflict, duality, national pride  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

A number of people were standing about it, and some sappers were busy in the midst of it. Over it flaunted a Union Jack, flapping cheerfully in the mo...
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Pride and Prejudice / Marriage and Agency

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social status, individual agency, marriage, pride, societal expectations  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-20

I do assure you that I am not one of those young ladies (if such young ladies there are) who are so daring as to risk their happiness on the chance of...
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Pride and Prejudice / Character Flaws

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: obstinacy, social dynamics, pride, individualism, resolution  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-18

It was not all settled before Monday: as soon as it was, the express was sent off to Longbourn. I fancy, Lizzy, that obstinacy is the real defect of h...