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Pride and Prejudice / Paternal Authority

Author: Jane Austen  | Themes: family dynamics, mortality, paternal guidance, legacy, identity

my father’s active superintendence; and when, immediately before my father’s death, Mr.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Culinary and Nature

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: harmony, nature, labor, tranquility, culinary

“When I have mixed this honey with the paste of the artocarpus,” said he, “I shall be able to offer you a succulent cake.” “’Pon my word,” said Consei...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Geological Mysteries

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: exploration, natural power, history, mythology, barriers

"This huge lump of rock, in consequence of some singular concussion, or process, one of those magnetic phenomena which have so often shaken the terres...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Calm Leadership

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: adventure, leadership, exploration, survival, uncertainty

Hans, with a perfectly calm and indifferent air, took his usual post at the head of the adventurous little band. In order to render the descent less d...
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The War of the Worlds / Silent Transformation

Author: H.G. Wells  | Themes: silence, decay, transformation, nature, mystery

He did not remember hearing any birds that morning, there was certainly no breeze stirring, and the only sounds were the faint movements from within t...
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Dracula / Hidden Histories

Author: Bram Stoker  | Themes: time, decay, discovery, secrets, wealth

None of it that I noticed was less than three hundred years old. There were also chains and ornaments, some jewelled, but all of them old and stained....