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TABLE in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
MONEY in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
NAME in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
EXCITEMENT in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
SPACE in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
LAY in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
LIBERTY in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
STARS in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
JUSTICE in War and Peace 1 by Leo Tolstoy
ICE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
LITTLE in Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
NATURAL in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
ALONE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
RUN in The Call of the Wild by Jack London
SAD in War and Peace 1 by Leo Tolstoy
QUITE in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
STUBB in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
FAMILY in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
LITTLE in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
NATASHA in War and Peace 4 by Leo Tolstoy
BOXER in Animal Farm by George Orwell
HARBOR in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
JOURNEY in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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TYBALT in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
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FORCE in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
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WORST in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
SCAFFOLD in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
FIRE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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REBECCA in Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
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WHALER in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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RISE in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
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HEAD in The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
WOMAN in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
WATCH in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
FURTHER in Dracula by Bram Stoker
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BAKER in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
PEACEFUL in Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
MARRIED in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
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SMELL in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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SAIL in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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SOCS in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
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BEST in The Odyssey by Homer
SNOW in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
ATTENTION in The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
NIGHT in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
PAINT in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
GREEN in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
CROFT in Persuasion by Jane Austen
LIBRARY in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
OLD in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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AWAY in Othello by William Shakespeare
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GRIEVING in The Odyssey by Homer
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HORROR in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
LAUGHTER in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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DOOR in The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
MARRIED in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
MADE in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
WHITE in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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COLD in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
OATH in The Odyssey by Homer
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DESDEMONA in Othello by William Shakespeare
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