Author:
Jules Verne
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— Source: Project Gutenberg — 2025-11-15 00:00:08 UTC
Themes:
anxiety,
confrontation,
chaos,
emotion,
instability
"What fear you now?" "What do I fear now!" I cried in fierce and angry tones. "Do you not see that the walls of the shaft are in motion?
Author:
H.G. Wells
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— Source: Project Gutenberg — 2025-11-15 00:00:07 UTC
Themes:
isolation,
survival,
urban chaos,
hunger,
fear
My brother supposes they must have filled outside London, for at that time the furious terror of the people had rendered the central termini impossible. Near this place they halted for the rest of the afternoon, for the violence of the day had already utterly exhausted all three of them. They began to suffer the beginnings of hunger; the night was cold, and none of them dared to sleep.
Author:
Jules Verne
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— Source: Project Gutenberg — 2025-11-14 23:53:31 UTC
Themes:
ambition,
caution,
adventure,
collaboration,
generational conflict
"Forward--forward," I cried in a burst of genuine and hearty enthusiasm. I had already started in the direction of the somber and gloomy gallery when the Professor stopped me; he, the man so rash and hasty, he, the man so easily roused to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, checked me, and asked me to be patient and show more calm. "Let us return to our good friend, Hans," he said; "we will then brin...
Author:
Jules Verne
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— Source: Project Gutenberg — 2025-11-14 23:44:16 UTC
Themes:
exploration,
biodiversity,
observation,
nature,
curiosity
As to the fauna, it might be counted by thousands of crustacea of all sorts, lobsters, crabs, spider-crabs, chameleon shrimps, and a large number of shells, rockfish, and limpets. Three-quarters of an hour later we had finished our circuitous walk and were on board.
Author:
Jane Austen
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— Source: Project Gutenberg — 2025-11-14 23:43:22 UTC
Themes:
community,
solitude,
morality,
nature,
appreciation
I thank you again and again, for not going to the Lakes. Perhaps other people have said so before, but no one with such justice.