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Gulliver's Travels / Forced Displacement

Author: Jonathan Swift  | Themes: colonialism, exploitation, maritime journeys, human suffering

Is seized and carried by force into a Portuguese ship. I began this desperate voyage on February 15, 1714–15, at nine o’clock in the morning.
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Pride and Prejudice / Deception and Influence

Author: Jane Austen  | Themes: miscommunication, social manipulation, personal relationships, alienation

“They have both,” said she, “been deceived, I dare say, in some way or other, of which we can form no idea. Interested people have perhaps misrepresen...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Capitalism and Adventure

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: speculation, societal norms, adventure, wealth, risk

IN WHICH A NEW SPECIES OF FUNDS, UNKNOWN TO THE MONEYED MEN, APPEARS ON ’CHANGE Phileas Fogg rightly suspected that his departure from London would cr...
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The War of the Worlds / Moral Reckoning

Author: H.G. Wells  | Themes: poverty, repentance, conscience, folly, activism

“It is just, O God!” he would say, over and over again. There was poverty, sorrow; the poor were trodden in the dust, and I held my peace. I preached ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Geological Curiosities

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: inheritance, exploration, knowledge, nature, anxiety

As a true nephew of the great Professor Hardwigg, and despite my preoccupation and doleful fears of what was to come, I observed with great interest t...
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Dracula / Character Complexity

Author: Bram Stoker  | Themes: mental health, duality, societal expectations, inner turmoil

John Seward, the lunatic-asylum man, with the strong jaw and the good forehead. He was very cool outwardly, but was nervous all the same.