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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Subterranean Discoveries

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: exploration, isolation, nature, science, discovery

This unexpected capture enabled us to renew our stock of provisions in a very satisfactory way. We were now convinced that this subterranean sea conta...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Tools of Trade

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle  | Themes: self-sufficiency, ambition, transition, creativity

You must find your own ink, pens, and blotting-paper, but we provide this table and chair. Will you be ready to-morrow?’ “‘Certainly,’ I answered. Jab...
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Frankenstein / Leadership and Integrity

Author: Mary Shelley  | Themes: compassion, leadership, integrity, isolation, maritime life

This circumstance, added to his well-known integrity and dauntless courage, made me very desirous to engage him. A youth passed in solitude, my best y...
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Gulliver's Travels / Taxing Beauty

Author: Jonathan Swift  | Themes: gender inequality, commodification, societal critique, beauty standards, irony

The women were proposed to be taxed according to their beauty and skill in dressing, wherein they had the same privilege with the men, to be determine...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Journeys Anticipation

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: exploration, isolation, anticipation, discovery, human connection

My uncle came out of his cabin pale, haggard, thin, but full of enthusiasm, his eyes dilated with pleasure and satisfaction. Nearly the whole populati...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Marine Exploration

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: nature, exploration, technology, industrialization, ecological balance

As to the fauna, it might be counted by thousands of crustacea of all sorts, lobsters, crabs, spider-crabs, chameleon shrimps, and a large number of s...