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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Fear and Instability

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-15 00:00

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?
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The War of the Worlds / Urban Despair

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-15 00:00

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 impossibl...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Enthusiasm and Restraint

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-14 23:53

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 ...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Marine Diversity

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-14 23:44

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 s...
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Pride and Prejudice / Gratitude and Justice

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-14 23:43

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.