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The War of the Worlds / Confronting Death

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-10 09:49

Themes: mortality, violence, revelation, vulnerability, fate

When it came, I saw that he was a sturdy man, cheaply but not shabbily dressed; his head was bent under his body, and he lay crumpled up close to the ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Temporal Clash

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-10 09:49

Themes: evolution, nature, identity, destruction, discovery

Am I, then, an inhabitant of the earth of the present day, destined to find myself face to face with a representative of this antediluvian family? I c...
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Dracula / Business Acumen

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09 13:47

Themes: knowledge, class, foresight, professionalism, negotiation

Is it not so?” “Of course,” I replied; and “such is often done by men of business, who do not like the whole of their affairs to be known by any one p...
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Dracula / Dreadful Transformation

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09 13:46

Themes: mortality, decay, horror, fear, the supernatural

If I was shocked when I saw her yesterday, I was horrified when I saw her to-day. She was ghastly, chalkily pale; the red seemed to have gone even fro...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Culinary Discomfort

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09 13:44

Themes: exploration, identity, alienation, civilization, nature

The water was fresh and clear, but it was water, and did not suit Ned Land’s taste. Amongst the dishes which were brought to us, I recognised several ...
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Dracula / Guilt and Uncertainty

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09 06:45

Themes: guilt, loss, uncertainty, forgiveness, human connection

He doubted me when I took him from her kiss when she was dying. I know he has forgiven me because in some mistaken idea I have done things that preven...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Nautilus Revelation

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09 06:44

Themes: exploration, technology, adventure, knowledge, human ingenuity

The Captain showed me a sketch that gave the plan, section, and elevation of the _Nautilus_. Then he began his description in these words:— “Here, M. ...
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Gulliver's Travels / Transformative Landscape

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09 06:44

Themes: transformation, leadership, isolation, pastoral beauty, societal critique

But, in three hours travelling, the scene was wholly altered; we came into a most beautiful country; farmers’ houses, at small distances, neatly built...
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The War of the Worlds / Technological Horror

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09 06:43

Themes: helplessness, technology, warfare, industrialization, alienation

The Cardigan men had tried a rush, in skirmishing order, at the pit, simply to be swept out of existence. Then the monster had risen to its feet and h...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Continents and Men

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09 06:43

Themes: geological evolution, human ambition, imperialism, ecological balance, philosophical introspection

These are coral islands, slowly raised, but continuous, created by the daily work of polypi. Then this new island will be joined later on to the neigh...