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OBLONSKY in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
DAWN in The Odyssey by Homer
DARK in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
DOORS in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
DON'T in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
POISON in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
LITTLUNS in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
ST. JOHN in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
HARPOON in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
READER in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
ANGRY in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
DEATH in Dracula by Bram Stoker
BIRDS in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
NECK in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
NATURE in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
LOOKING in Dracula by Bram Stoker
A in A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
RIVER in A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
MOUNTAINS in A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
DARK in A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
LOVE in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
BRUSH in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
PIGGY in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
FEAR in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
POWER in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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NOTHING in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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BETTER in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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STARES in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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LIVE in The Odyssey by Homer
DETACHED in Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence
SHEWING in Persuasion by Jane Austen
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STEAMBOAT in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
YELLING in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
HOSTILE in The Aeneid by Virgil
TWO-BIT in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
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EVENING in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
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WATCHED in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
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SNOWBALL in Animal Farm by George Orwell
MY HAIR in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
LIPS in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
GATESHEAD in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
COLD in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
UNDERSTAND in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
SOMETIMES in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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MURDER in Macbeth by William Shakespeare
LOVE in Macbeth by William Shakespeare
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