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The Unintended Swapping: Lessons From Two Worlds
Inspired by Mark Twain's novel: The Prince and the Pauper
In the bustling streets of 16th century London, two starkly contrasting lives converged. Edward Tudor, the prince of England, and Tom Canty, a pauper, were both in a relentless pursuit of liberation from the shackles of their respective existences. This bond that tied them together was the fact that they were identical in appearance.
Read MoreA Silent Bond: Under The Shade of Mansfield Park
Inspired by Jane Austen's novel: Mansfield Park
Fanny Price, a young girl of humble origins, was sent to live with her affluent uncle and aunt, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park. As the docile and obedient niece, Fanny existed rather than lived. She was always under the shadow of her cousins - except for Edmund Bertram.
Read MoreThe Dawn of a New Aristocracy
Inspired by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel: The Leopard
In a small, isolated village at the foot of Mount Etna, lived an old man named Fabrizio. He was the last surviving member of the Salina family, a once great line of Sicilian nobility that fell from grace after the revolution. Fabrizio had spent most of his life in seclusion, trapped in the past by the fading grandeur of his ancestral mansion.
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