Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville

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The Stranger

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Similarity Score: 0.899

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All Quiet on the Western Front

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Death of a Salesman

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The Catcher in the Rye

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Must I Go

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Similarity Score: 0.843

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The Magic Mountain

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To the Lighthouse

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Madame Bovary

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Dubliners

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Ulysses

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The Great Gatsby

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Similarity Score: 0.826

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The Remains of the Day

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Similarity Score: 0.826

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Manhattan Transfer

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Similarity Score: 0.822

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Ignorance

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Similarity Score: 0.815

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Herzog

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Homesick for Another World

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Austerlitz

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The Casual Vacancy

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