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The Boarded Window

Ambrose Bierce

Short Stories

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1811

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short story, failure, grief, supernatural, guilt, loneliness, hope

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On the Decay of the Art of Lying

Mark Twain

Short Stories

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2199

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short story, truth, lying, lie,

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Hygiene and Sentiment

Mark Twain

Essays

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1264

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essay, humanity, death, life, family, class

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King Lear

William Shakespeare

Plays

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27608

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Justice, revenge, reconciliation, family relationships, play

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Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Plays

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18531

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play, ambition, fate, violence, magic, gender

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Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Plays

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32044

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death, madness, doubt, revenge, play

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The Purloined Letter

Edgar Allan Poe

Short Stories

Total Words:

6986

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short story, cunning, lies, deceit, reality, power, rules, order

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The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Novels

Total Words:

47094

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novel, The Great Gatsby, The American Dream, Class, Love, Marriage

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Illusions

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays

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3809

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essay, plato, art, illusion, lessons, knowledge

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Boule de Suif

Guy de Maupassant

Short Stories

Total Words:

14405

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short story, wealth, hypocrisy, class, war, social class, gender, power, sacrifice

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The Birthmark

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Short Stories

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6444

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short story, science, nature, magic, magical, religion

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The Cloak

Nikolai Gogol

Short Stories

Total Words:

12163

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short story, materialism, wealth, social status, fate, supernatural

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My Shadow

Robert Louis Stevenson

Poetry

Total Words:

194

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poem, childhood, child, joy, friendship, understanding, knowledge

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Caterpillar

Christina Rossetti

Poetry

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poem, growth, judge, life, change

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Flint

Christina Rossetti

Poetry

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poem, judge, acceptance, children, child

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The Crocodile

Lewis Carroll

Poetry

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poem, mischief, laziness, deception, cunning

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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Mark Twain

Short Stories

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2532

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short story, region, differences, integrity, community, appearance, reality, society

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Advice to Little Girls

Mark Twain

Short Stories

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393

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short story, feminism, gender, feminiity, domesticity, domestic

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The Story of the Bad Little Boy

Mark Twain

Short Stories

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1354

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short story, appearance vs reality, fate, free will, humanity

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The Lady or the Tiger

Frank R. Stockton

Short Stories

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2692

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short story, consequences, choice, choices, love, jealousy, judgement, power

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The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself

FDR

Speeches

Total Words:

1877

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Fear, bravery, courage, values, United States, speeches

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The Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln

Speeches

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268

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speech, speeches, equality, freedom, declaration of independence, government, society, war, civil war, american civil war

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A House Divided

Abraham Lincoln

Speeches

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3206

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speech, speeches, war, slavery, division, government, freedom, United States

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I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed

Emily Dickinson

Poetry

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105

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poem, nature, beauty, time, religion

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Strength and Decency

Theodore Roosevelt

Speeches

Total Words:

1242

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speech, speeches, inspiration, men, good man, humanity, roosevelt

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Onward and Upward

Carrie Chapman Catt

Speeches

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1718

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speech, speeches, woman, suffrage, equality, feminism, tax, women's suffrage, leadership, United States, history

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Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

Short Stories

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22021

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short story, relationships, humanity, family, duty, economics, class, alienation, loneliness, freedom, guilt, escapism, identity

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Looking Forward

Robert Louis Stevenson

Poetry

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poem, future, growth, childhood, adulthood

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A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky

Lewis Carroll

Poetry

Total Words:

117

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poem, humor, age, family, youth, old, funny, innocence, wonder, time, consequences

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The Haunted Mind

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Short Stories

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1774

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short story, subconscious, dream, life, death, regret

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Rappaccini's Daughter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Short Stories

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11974

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short story, science, reason, humanity, good, evil, morality, love, passion, knowledge, gender, sin, doubt, religion

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The Second Inaugural Address (1865)

Abraham Lincoln

Speeches

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698

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speech, speeches, forgiveness, civil war, nation, charity, crisis, abraham lincoln

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Paul's Case

Willa Cather

Short Stories

Total Words:

8557

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high school, angst, music, death, suicide, Willa Cather

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The Whistle

Benjamin Franklin

Short Stories

Total Words:

839

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short story, material, wealth, pride, sacrifice, time, money, worth

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The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost

Poetry

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150

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poem, robert frost, the road not taken, choices, uncertainty, individualism, making meaning

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Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

Essays

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116224

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essay, civility, disobeidence, society, materialism, class, optimism, rerform, government, individual, individualism, law

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An Essay on Man Epistle 2

Alexander Pope

Essays

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2266

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essay, god, good, religion, morality, moral

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The Rainbow

Christina Rossetti

Poetry

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poem, religion, higher-power, god, nature

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I'm Nobody! Who Are You?

Emily Dickinson

Poetry

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poem, self-identity, approval, society, persona, identity, voice, control

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What Does the Bee Do?

Christina Rossetti

Poetry

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poem, family, children, child

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What is Pink?

Christina Rossetti

Poetry

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poem, color, innocence, romance

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Wild Nights-Wild Nights

Emily Dickinson

Poetry

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poem, love, fulfillment, imagination

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Home Burial

Robert Frost

Poetry

Total Words:

1015

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poem, language, communication, power, sadness, gender, death

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Surrender Speech

Chief Joseph

Speeches

Total Words:

137

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speeches, speech, war, death, loss, children, respect, honor, fight, peace

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The Bohemian Girl

Willa Cather

Short Stories

Total Words:

17059

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love, family, relationships, taking chances, short story

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Her Lover

Maxim Gorky

Short Stories

Total Words:

1973

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short story, loneliness, communication, imagination

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Thank you, Ma'am

Langston Hughes

Short Stories

Total Words:

1337

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short story, forgiveness, empathy, love, trust, charity, kindness

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The Servant

Sergey Semyonov

Short Stories

Total Words:

2129

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short story, poverty, work, compassion

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Ain't I a Woman?

Sojourner Truth

Speeches

Total Words:

348

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speech, speeches, equality, racism, race, feminism, women's rights, equal rights, justice

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What are Heavy

Christina Rossetti

Poetry

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poem, life, meaning, heavy, frail, deep

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Humpty Dumpty's Song

Lewis Carroll

Poetry

Total Words:

287

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poem, humor, age, family, youth, old, funny, death

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The Mock Turtle's Song

Lewis Carroll

Poetry

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poem, parody, whimsy, Alice in Wonderland

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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat

Lewis Carroll

Poetry

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poem, nonsense, Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland, parody

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Punch, Brothers, Punch

Mark Twain

Short Stories

Total Words:

1921

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short story, song, material wealth, wealth, control, social status

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The Art of Inhumation

Mark Twain

Essays

Total Words:

1289

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essay, art, humanity, age, death, life

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The Five Boons of Life

Mark Twain

Short Stories

Total Words:

764

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short story, fame, love, riches, pleasure, death, gift

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The Merry Wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare

Plays

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23536

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play, jealousy, betrayal, revenge, feminism

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The Cask of Amontillado

Edgar Allan Poe

Short Stories

Total Words:

2320

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Deceit, murder, revenge, wine, short story

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The Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe

Short Stories

Total Words:

2098

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murder, guilt, fear, insanity, short story

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Mending Wall

Robert Frost

Poetry

Total Words:

391

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poem, robert frost, mending wall, nature, tradition, communication, exploration, versions of reality

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An Idle Fellow

Kate Chopin

Short Stories

Total Words:

380

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short story, nature, prejudice, stereotype, knowledge, lazy, laziness, hard work

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The Night Came Slowly

Kate Chopin

Short Stories

Total Words:

303

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short story, religion, night, humanity, power, mystery

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The Shed Chamber

Laura E. Richards

Short Stories

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3438

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short story, duty, family, forgiveness, bravery, initiative

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Amy's Question

T. S. Arthur

Short Stories

Total Words:

888

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short story, peace, enjoy, life, comfort

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The Fly

Katherine Mansfield

Short Stories

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2182

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short story, memory, death, grief, loss, power, status, masculinity

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The Father

Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Short Stories

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1032

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short story, pride, humility, religion, religious, silence

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A Country Cottage

Anton Chekhov

Short Stories

Total Words:

667

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short story, happiness, love, conflict, anger, acceptance

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The Marry Month of May

O. Henry

Short Stories

Total Words:

1978

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short story, love, social class, relationships,

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The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Novels

Total Words:

80484

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novel, the secret garden, magic, health, outlook, nature, humanity, human companionship

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Where Go the Boats

Robert Louis Stevenson

Poetry

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poem, feelings, emotion, emotions, understanding, change, life, friendship, family, habits

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The Wind

Christina Rossetti

Poetry

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poem, meaning, nature, sight

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Ferry Me Across the Water

Christina Rossetti

Poetry

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poem, life, death, understanding

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Jabberwocky

Lewis Carroll

Poetry

Total Words:

171

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poem, humor, age, family, youth, old, funny, nonsense

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Novels

Total Words:

110182

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novel, the adventures of huckleberry finn, racism, slavery, education, morality, hypocrisy, guilt/shame, adventure, wealth

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

Novels

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70029

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novel, the adventures of tom sawyer, friendship, imagination, truth and falsehood, morality, maturation, hypocrisy

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A Medieval Romance

Mark Twain

Short Stories

Total Words:

2618

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short story, greed, behavior, lie, tragedy, women's rights, feminism, destiny

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Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare

Plays

Total Words:

21316

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play, love, gender, ambition, love, desire, disguise, deception, sexuality

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The Tempest

William Shakespeare

Plays

Total Words:

17327

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play, justice, humanity, monstrosity, greed, obedience

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Short Stories

Total Words:

9170

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short story, identity, age, life, consciousness, existence, transofrmation, society, class, family

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An Uncomfortable Bed

Guy de Maupassant

Short Stories

Total Words:

955

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short story, pride, appearance, reality, paranoia, unreliable narrator, victimization

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The Diamond Necklace

Guy de Maupassant

Short Stories

Total Words:

2838

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short story, greed, deception, beauty, vanity, class, social class

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Neighbour Rosicky

Willa Cather

Short Stories

Total Words:

12949

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immigrant, farming, family, honesty, death, short story

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The Veteran

Stephen Crane

Short Stories

Total Words:

1839

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short story, war, youth, beauty, brutality, nature

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The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry

Short Stories

Total Words:

2059

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short story, generosity, love, wealth

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The Open Boat

Stephen Crane

Short Stories

Total Words:

9329

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short story, loneliness, lonely, ego, pride, universe, understanding

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Araby

James Joyce

Short Stories

Total Words:

2332

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short story, coming of age, growing up, religion, escapism, love, sexuality

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A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Novels

Total Words:

66309

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novel, a little princesss, perseverance, friendship, class, colonialism, education, children's rights, imagination, grief

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The Nightingale

Oscar Wilde

Short Stories

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2335

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short story, humanity, nature, art, cultuer, sadness, transformation

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The Girl Who Got Rattled

Stewart Edward White

Short Stories

Total Words:

4275

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short story, appearance vs. reality, city, wilderness, nature, gender, feminism

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A Baby Sermon

George MacDonald

Poetry

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poem, religion, stars, death, eternity

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The Most Dangerous Game

Richard Connell

Short Stories

Total Words:

7956

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civilization, short story, communicty, violence, murder, hunting, war, color, humanity

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The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlottle Perkins Gilman

Short Stories

Total Words:

6098

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short story, psychological, madness, self-expresssion, feminism, marriage, subordination, women, mental illness

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Bed in Summer

Robert Louis Stevenson

Poetry

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poem, childhood, innocence, seasons, sleep

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Answer to a Child's Question

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Poetry

Total Words:

108

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poem, love, innocence, power, true love, happiness, life

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The Walrus and the Carpenter

Lewis Carroll

Poetry

Total Words:

621

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poem, betrayal, inocence, death, cunning, human nature

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The Mad Gardener's Song

Lewis Carroll

Poetry

Total Words:

309

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poem, humor, nonsense, funny

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Votes for Women

Mark Twain

Speeches

Total Words:

562

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speech, speeches, women's suffrage, feminism, electoral process, vote, voting rights, woman

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Othello

William Shakespeare

Plays

Total Words:

26450

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play, shakespeare, military, heroism, love, isolation, jealousy, deception, justice

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As You Like It

William Shakespeare

Plays

Total Words:

22712

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play, love, romance, gender, forgiveness, injustice

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Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare

Plays

Total Words:

23035

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play, justice, mercy, liberty, society, women, gender

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