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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Crime and Justice

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03 13:06

Themes: innocence, accusation, societal reaction, morality, justice system

Ryder instantly gave the alarm, and Horner was arrested the same evening; but the stone could not be found either upon his person or in his rooms. Cat...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Pirate Tensions

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03 13:04

Themes: survival, conflict, restraint, entrapment, maritime

The first of these pirates who lays a hand on me——” “Do not excite yourself, Ned,” I said to the harpooner, “and do not compromise us by useless viole...
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Frankenstein / Desolation and Vulnerability

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03 13:04

Themes: isolation, fear, despair, nature, emotional turmoil

dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half frightened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate. Before I had quitted your apartment, ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Anticipation in Nature

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03 13:04

Themes: exploration, patience, mastery, nature, disappointment

About twelve o'clock in the day our guide Hans having prepared and baited a hook, cast his line into the subterranean waters. The bait he used was a s...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Technological Terror

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03 13:03

Themes: fear of the unknown, human ingenuity, nature's power

Just then a bubbling began at the back of this strange thing (which was evidently propelled by a screw), and it began to move. We had only just time t...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Cultural Breach

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03 13:03

Themes: collaboration, exploration, vulnerability, cultural interaction

Happily the temple walls were built of brick and wood, which could be penetrated with little difficulty; after one brick had been taken out, the rest ...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Straits of Malacca

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03 13:03

Themes: trade routes, exploration, cultural exchange, globalization

approached the Straits of Malacca, which gave access to the China seas.
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Colonial Justice

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03 11:44

Themes: colonialism, law and authority, personal agency, cultural conflict, economic disparity

Judge Obadiah had unfortunately caught Passepartout’s rash exclamation, which the poor fellow would have given the world to recall. “Inasmuch,” resume...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Journey Through Nature

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03 11:44

Themes: nature vs. progress, exploration, regional identity, transportation

The railway turned around the sides of the mountains, and did not attempt to violate nature by taking the shortest cut from one point to another. The ...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Human and Nature

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03 11:40

Themes: loyalty, exploration, responsibility, impermanence, companionship

The estimable beast certainly deserved some consideration. Fogg choose to make him, Passepartout, a present of Kiouni, he would be very much embarrass...