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Pride and Prejudice / Character Perception

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-06 07:02

Themes: reputation, misunderstanding, social dynamics, individuality, rivalry

“I am trying to make it out.” “And what is your success?” She shook her head. I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly.” “I can ...
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Frankenstein / Creative Duality

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-06 07:01

Themes: aspiration, anxiety, emotional intensity, creativity, transformation

Even now I cannot recollect without passion my reveries while the work was incomplete. I trod heaven in my thoughts, now exulting in my powers, now bu...
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Gulliver's Travels / Power and Governance

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-06 07:01

Themes: authority, rebellion, civil war, political philosophy, isolation

I was curious to know how this prince, to whose dominions there is no access from any other country, came to think of armies, or to teach his people t...
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The War of the Worlds / Anatomy of the Unknown

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-05 16:59

Themes: extraterrestrial life, scientific exploration, simplicity vs complexity, curiosity, imagination

There is reason to suppose that on Mars they may have progressed upon them with some facility. The internal anatomy, I may remark here, as dissection ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Iron Bar Symbolism

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-05 16:59

Themes: confinement, struggle, revelation, existential dread, industrialization

I am unable to withdraw my eyes from the bar of iron, actually half crushed! Is, then, my dream about to come true--a dread and terrible reality?
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Adventure and Identity

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-05 16:58

Themes: risk, reputation, societal norms, ambition, adventure

This noble lord, who was fastened to his chair, would have given his fortune to be able to make the tour of the world, if it took ten years; and he be...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Public Scandal Revealed

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-05 16:58

Themes: social scrutiny, gossip, aristocracy, personal distress, societal norms

It is headed, ‘Singular Occurrence at a Fashionable Wedding’: “‘The family of Lord Robert St. Simon has been thrown into the greatest consternation by...
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Gulliver's Travels / Fate and Duty

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-05 05:36

Themes: destiny, family, exploration, obligation, imagination

In a little time, I and my family and friends came to a right understanding: but my wife protested “I should never go to sea any more;” although my ev...
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Frankenstein / Inevitability of Fate

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-05 05:30

Themes: destiny, mortality, narrative, introspection, acceptance

I wait but for one event, and then I shall repose in peace. I understand your feeling,” continued he, perceiving that I wished to interrupt him; “but ...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Natures Supremacy

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-05 05:29

Themes: hubris, nature, technology, pride, struggle

But the accursed animal swam too at the rate of 18½ miles an hour. For a whole hour, the frigate kept up this pace, without gaining six feet. It was h...