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CLOTHE in The Odyssey by Homer
SONS in The Odyssey by Homer
ALWAYS in The Odyssey by Homer
WINE in The Odyssey by Homer
WEEPS in The Odyssey by Homer
CREATION in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
SQUEALER in Animal Farm by George Orwell
DEED in The Odyssey by Homer
SPEAR in The Odyssey by Homer
GIRD in The Odyssey by Homer
MARRYING in Persuasion by Jane Austen
JUST in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
FINISH in The Odyssey by Homer
TIMES in The Odyssey by Homer
TEARS in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
TRUST in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
SKILLED in The Odyssey by Homer
LEARN in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
BEAUTIFUL in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
WHICH in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
BOY in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
OBLIGED in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
DEATH in The Odyssey by Homer
AHAB in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
ACCUSE in The Trial by Franz Kafka
WHISPERS in Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
HOLMES in The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
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WILL in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
AUNT MARCH in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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BOB in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
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DIARY in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
COLD in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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MAJOR in Animal Farm by George Orwell
POLITIC in Hard Times by Charles Dickens
SUFFERING in The Narrative of the Life by Frederick Douglass
FEARED in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
SICK in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
CALIBAN in The Tempest by William Shakespeare
PETER in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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PENELOPE in The Odyssey by Homer
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FAITH in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
DESTRUCTION in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
ANTINOUS in The Odyssey by Homer
FEEL in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
MAN OF BUSINESS in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
RASKOLNIKOV in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
CLOTHES in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
THE MAIDS in The Odyssey by Homer
PROGRESS in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
PRIDE in The Call of the Wild by Jack London
FOOT in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
GREEN in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
THE STOCKYARDS in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
OUT in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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LIFE in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
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SCAFFOLD in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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DOGS in Animal Farm by George Orwell
COLOR in Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
BAD LUCK in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
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CLEAR in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
DREAM in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
ABLE in A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
ALL in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
TO BE in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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EVENING in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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STORM in Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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WINDOWS in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
TELL in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
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HOME in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
HOUSE in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
DEATH in Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
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TELEMACHUS in The Odyssey by Homer
EXPERIENCE in Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
A in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
END in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
MOM in The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
WUTHERING in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
ARMS in The Odyssey by Homer
COFFIN in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
EMOTION in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
ENDING in Les Misérables 1 by Victor Hugo
DIRECTNESS in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
KNOWLEDGE in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
WINDOWS in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
ABOUT in The Odyssey by Homer
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PRIDE in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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DEATH in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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SPEECHES in The Odyssey by Homer
LOVE in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
LOVE in Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
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TELEMACHUS in The Odyssey by Homer
LAWS in The Trial by Franz Kafka
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CLUB in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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