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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Urban Mysteries

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle  | Themes: triviality, urban life, hidden stories, friendship, mystery

I am glad to have a friend with whom I can discuss my results. The matter is a perfectly trivial one”—he jerked his thumb in the direction of the old ...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Savage Civilizations

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: colonialism, identity, music, civilization, conflict

Besides, are they worse than others, these whom you call savages?” “But Captain——” “How many have you counted?” “A hundred at least.” “M. Aronnax,” re...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Decay and Discovery

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: impermanence, exploration, civilization, nature, duality

I would not even seek to understand the caprice which had decided Captain Nemo upon entering the gulf. But I quite approved of the _Nautilus_ entering...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Commercial Beauty

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: exploitation, luxury, nature, biodiversity, colonialism

Its skin, chestnut-brown above and silvery underneath, would have made one of those beautiful furs so sought after in the Russian and Chinese markets;...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Depths of Mystery

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: exploration, darkness, curiosity, isolation, the unknown

I felt them put an iron-pointed stick into my hand, and some minutes later, after going through the usual form, we set foot on the bottom of the Atlan...
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Pride and Prejudice / Class and Judgment

Author: Jane Austen  | Themes: social perception, class conflict, internal conflict, beauty standards, familial ties

I will answer for it, he never cared three straws about her. Who _could_ about such a nasty little freckled thing?” Elizabeth was shocked to think tha...