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IN in Hard Times by Charles Dickens
GALLERIES in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
SPEAK in Othello by William Shakespeare
REST in Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
FAILURE in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
COLONEL in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
INDIVIDUAL in The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
SNATCH in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
THE FORGE in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
GETS in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
HAPPY in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
BUSINESS in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
STARS in The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
CULTURE in The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
ILLNESS in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
TOWN in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
AUNT in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
WOMAN in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
MANDELET in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
GALLERY in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
ANIMAL in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
YEARS in The Odyssey by Homer
PALE in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
DEAR in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
POOR in The Odyssey by Homer
HOODS in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
SLAVES in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
FRIENDS in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
REVEREND in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
AS A in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
SAFIE in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
WEAKNESS in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
FAMILIAR in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
WATCHED in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
TREATED in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
RETURN in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
WATCHED in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
VIRGIN in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
VIOLENT in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
GUY in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
HOSPITALITY in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
HIM in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
FIX in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
ABANDONED in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
LOST in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
FRIEND in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
WHITE in Anthem by Ayn Rand
AUTHORITY in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
SAID in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
BECAUSE in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
LITTLE in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
BEES in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
BREATH in Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence
WATER in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
EXPECT in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
SEEING in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
FINGERS in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
MEANING in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
WORD in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
MISERY in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
WHISPER in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
TOWN in The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
MARSHES in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
CONTEMPT in Gulliver's Travels 1 by Jonathan Swift
CLOVER in Animal Farm by George Orwell
FARMING in Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
MARRIED in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
POWER in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
JUST in The Aeneid by Virgil
GROUNDS in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
LEAVE in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
ADDRESS in Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
ROAD in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
THE in Hard Times by Charles Dickens
NATURE in Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
SMILING in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
INDIVIDUALITY in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
TRUTH in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
CHANGED in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
LIES in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
JOURNEY in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
MURDER in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
WATCHED in The Trial by Franz Kafka
RAGS in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
WHAT in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
HELP in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
HAPPINESS in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
POLITICS in The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
GREEN in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
THANKFUL in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
WATER in The Odyssey by Homer
SHE in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
FLOWER in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
WONDERFUL in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
LEAP in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
AGITATION in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
IRON in The Odyssey by Homer
MR. ROSEDALE in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
JUDGE in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
GENTLEMANLY in Persuasion by Jane Austen
TRIAL in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
REVEAL in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
FLOWERS in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
LOVING in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
ATHOS in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
AGAIN in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
PLAIN in Hard Times by Charles Dickens
CHAINS in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
ANSWER in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
GOOD in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
PLAYFUL in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
BANK in The Trial by Franz Kafka
TIME in Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
EXPRESSION in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
YOU in Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare
BLACKS in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
GRACE STEPNEY in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
ONE in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
ADMIT in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
STRUGGLED in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
ILL in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
PALACE in Anthem by Ayn Rand
THANKFUL in My Antonia by Willa Cather
ABUNDANCE in The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
ACCEPTED in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
BRIGHT in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
CHILDREN in The Awakening by Kate Chopin
CHANGE in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
HAPPY in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
PAIN in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
MINISTRY OF TRUTH in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
TIME in Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf
KNOWLEDGE in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
HALL in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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ABOVE in The Odyssey by Homer
REST in Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
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ROWING in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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