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  1. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

    He dives into the river to save a laughing girl—then a gunshot drops him as the supposed rescuer flees.
    Mary Shelley

  2. Pride and Prejudice

    She realizes she could have loved him—only now, when love must be impossible; why does clarity arrive too late?
    Jane Austen

  3. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

    They are dead and I live—by earth and night he swears to pursue the dæmon until one of them perishes.
    Mary Shelley

  4. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

    A fiendish laugh rings off the mountains, then a whisper close to his ear: 'I am satisfied'—who mocks him from the dark?
    Mary Shelley

  5. The Odyssey

    They begged him not to make another sound—one more noise and the giant would pulverize their ships; who would risk that single word?
    Homer

  6. Pride and Prejudice

    If Mr. Darcy is free to choose, why shouldn't she accept him—who, in the end, has the right to veto a marriage?
    Jane Austen

  7. The Count of Monte Cristo

    Where did you hide the poison that killed my family?
    Alexandre Dumas (père); Auguste Maquet

  8. The Odyssey

    He strings the great bow and it sings like a swallow; a single note makes the suitors go pale—what power hides in that motion?
    Homer

  9. Pride and Prejudice

    He endured humiliation and mortification for someone he despised—and she feels ashamed, grateful, and unexpectedly proud; how do those feelings cohere?
    Jane Austen

  10. The Republic

    Returning from lofty sight, a man stumbles in ordinary courts—do we scorn his folly or pity the mismatch of worlds?
    Plato

  11. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Skin sloughed away under the sponge to reveal a different man—what identity had been living beneath that disguise?
    Arthur Conan Doyle

  12. The Prophet

    Work is love made visible—if you do it without love, will you stay or let joy be the measure?
    Kahlil Gibran

  13. Essays — First Series

    Meet a man whose life is a robe painted with history—what chapters of the world would you see on your own sleeve?
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

  14. Crime and Punishment

    A sudden revulsion left him unable to speak to anyone—what split him so utterly from those around him?
    Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

  15. The Prophet

    Your joy is your sorrow unmasked—the same well that fed your laughter once held your tears.
    Kahlil Gibran