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Pride and Prejudice / Social Tensions

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: secrecy, social norms, introspection, repression, authenticity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-27

and yet how many things have happened!” “A great many indeed,” said her companion, with a sigh. “We have dined nine times at Rosings, besides drinking...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Dynamics

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: perception, friendship, judgment, social norms, human nature  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-25

Well, he certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person.” “Dear Lizzy!” “Oh, you are a great dea...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Dynamics

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: authority, family ties, discretion, reputation, social norms  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-17

Darcy found, on further inquiry, that your father was still with him, but would quit town the next morning. He did not judge your father to be a perso...
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Pride and Prejudice / Social Dynamics

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: class disparity, ambition, social norms, patronage, civility  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-03

Collins’s triumph, in consequence of this invitation, was complete. The power of displaying the grandeur of his patroness to his wondering visitors, a...
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Pride and Prejudice / Interpersonal Tensions

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: honesty, social norms, conflict, resolution, emotional awareness  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-19

Thoughtlessness, want of attention to other people’s feelings, and want of resolution, will do the business.” “And do you impute it to either of those...
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Gulliver's Travels / Concealment and Discord

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: modesty, authenticity, discord, human nature, social norms  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-15

He had therefore begun to think it not unwise in us to cover our bodies, and by that invention conceal many of our deformities from each other, which ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Familial Tensions

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: disappointment, agency, marriage, authority, social norms  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

I have not been in the habit of brooking disappointment.” “_That_ will make your Ladyship’s situation at present more pitiable; but it will have no ef...