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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain about Huck Finn's journey down the Mississippi River with Jim, a man escaping slavery. Its vernacular narration combines adventure and satire while confronting racism, conscience, and social convention.

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Hamlet

Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about a Danish prince confronting his father's death, his mother's remarriage, and a demand for revenge. The play examines grief, conscience, performance, political power, and mortality.

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Book · 1813

Pride and Prejudice

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Book · 1890

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Book · 1898

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 gothic horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly from January 27 to April 16, 1898. On October 7, 1898, it was collected in The Two Magics, published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London.

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Book · 1901

The Republic of Plato

The Republic of Plato is an English translation by Benjamin Jowett. Its themes and subject matter include Justice and Political science. Together, these subjects provide the book with its main literary, historical, social, or intellectual context.

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Book · 1936

Red Nails

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Movie · 1994

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 prison drama adapted from a novella by Stephen King. It follows Andy Dufresne's decades at Shawshank, his friendship with Red, and the sustaining roles of patience, dignity, and hope.

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Helen Vardon's confession

Helen Vardon's confession is a literary work by R. Austin Freeman. Its themes and subject matter include Artists and Detective and mystery stories. Together, these subjects provide the book with its main literary, historical, social, or intellectual context.

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Book · 1872

The Birth of Tragedy

The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music is an 1872 work of dramatic theory by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It was reissued in 1886 as The Birth of Tragedy, Or: Hellenism and Pessimism.

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Book · 1914

The Romance of Tristan & Iseult

The Romance of Tristan & Iseult is a 1914 English translation by Hilaire Belloc of Bédier's edition. Its credited contributors include Joseph Bédier (author). Its themes and subject matter include Arthurian romances Adaptations and Iseult (Legendary character) Romances Adaptations.

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Book · 1909

Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ

Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ is a literary work by Aaron Bernstein. Its themes and subject matter include Christian converts from Judaism biographies and Missions to Jews. Together, these subjects provide the book with its main literary, historical, social, or intellectual context.

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Book · 1937

The Shunned House

"The Shunned House" is a horror fiction novelette by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written on October 16–19, 1924. It was first published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales.

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