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HOME in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
DEAD in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
ADMIRABLE in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
TOGETHER in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
LOVE in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
BUILDING in Anna Karenina 1 by Leo Tolstoy
AND in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
EVENING in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
QUARTER in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
WOMEN in The Odyssey by Homer
TRUTH in Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
COFFIN in Dracula by Bram Stoker
WORK in Othello by William Shakespeare
ATTACK in Dracula by Bram Stoker
TIDES in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
BOY in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
SHEEP in Animal Farm by George Orwell
BED in Animal Farm by George Orwell
DREAM in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
SNOW in White Fang by Jack London
PALE in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
HUMAN in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
FATHER in Candide by Voltaire
HARBOUR in The Aeneid by Virgil
KILL in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
VOICE in Dracula by Bram Stoker
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PEOPLE in Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
LAUGH in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
ANSWER in Candide by Voltaire
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HYDE in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
FELL in The Narrative of the Life by Frederick Douglass
HELP in Dubliners by James Joyce
ASKING in The Odyssey by Homer
SPRING in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
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SURREY in The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
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KNIGHT in Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
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DEAR in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
FORCE in Dracula by Bram Stoker
FERTILE in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
MONEY in Candide by Voltaire
FINGERS in The Trial by Franz Kafka
DEATH in Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
DARKNESS in Hard Times by Charles Dickens
OBSERVATION in Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
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FLOATING in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
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BELOW in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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LAMPS in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
STARE in Dracula by Bram Stoker
MOUTH in The Odyssey by Homer
BAD in Animal Farm by George Orwell
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MYSELF in The Odyssey by Homer
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ANGER in The Odyssey by Homer
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MIDDLE in The Odyssey by Homer
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YOU in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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