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Wuthering Heights / Power and Control

Author: Emily Brontë (Gutenberg)  | Themes: authority, rebellion, femininity, social dynamics, punishment  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-07

The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet she got chided more than any of us on his account. In play, she...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Gamble of Time

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: risk, ambition, wealth, social dynamics, competition  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-16

Stuart, Fallentin, Sullivan, Flanagan, and Ralph, after consulting each other. “The train leaves for Dover at a quarter before nine. I will take it.” ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Character Perception

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: reputation, misunderstanding, social dynamics, individuality, rivalry  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-06

“I am trying to make it out.” “And what is your success?” She shook her head. I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly.” “I can ...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Victorian Finance

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: trust, wealth, accountability, social dynamics, crime  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-04

Half an hour later several members of the Reform came in and drew up to the fireplace, where a coal fire was steadily burning. Fogg’s usual partners a...
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Pride and Prejudice / Civility and Class

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social dynamics, class consciousness, reputation, propriety  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-31

“I have no reason, I assure you,” said he, “to be dissatisfied with my reception. He answered me with the utmost civility, and even paid me the compli...
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Pride and Prejudice / Unexpressed Longing

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: sisterhood, desire, social dynamics, family, community  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

Four sides of paper were insufficient to contain all her delight, and all her earnest desire of being loved by her sister. Collins, or any congratulat...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Charismatic Intrigue

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: masculinity, social dynamics, class distinction, urgency, identity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

He was a remarkably handsome man, dark, aquiline, and moustached—evidently the man of whom I had heard. He appeared to be in a great hurry, shouted to...
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Dracula / Intimacy and Obligation

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: hospitality, time, intimacy, transition, social dynamics  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-12

After supper I smoked, as on the last evening, and the Count stayed with me, chatting and asking questions on every conceivable subject, hour after ho...
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Pride and Prejudice / Letter Arrival

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: communication, romance, social dynamics, character development  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-29

back with them” [_Copyright 1894 by George Allen._]] Soon after their return, a letter was delivered to Miss Bennet; it came from Netherfield, and was...
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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...