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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Urban Deception

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: survival, social class, deception, identity, urban life  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-05

Then with a red head of hair, and an appropriate dress, I took my station in the business part of the city, ostensibly as a match-seller but really as...
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Pride and Prejudice / Wickhams Motivations

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: deception, social class, revenge, integrity, fortune  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-30

Wickham’s chief object was unquestionably my sister’s fortune, which is thirty thousand pounds; but I cannot help supposing that the hope of revenging...
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Pride and Prejudice / Marriage Aspirations

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social class, family dynamics, marriage, women's roles, economic security  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-23

His being such a charming young man, and so rich, and living but three miles from them, were the first points of self-gratulation; and then it was suc...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Betting Culture

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social class, leisure, gambling, identity, national character  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-22

This article made a great deal of noise, and, being copied into all the papers, seriously depressed the advocates of the rash tourist. Everybody knows...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Tension

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: gender dynamics, social class, appearance vs reality  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-19

Elizabeth had not before believed him quite equal to such assurance; but she sat down, resolving within herself to draw no limits in future to the imp...