our theme for ext english at the moment is metamorphosis and our core text is 'the metamorphosis' by franz kafka- main themes are alienation, expolitation etc etc you can download the book for free at planet pdf...
its a good, relatively short novel that would fit into your criteria, and you can find sooo many notes about it on the net..
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