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Dracula / Loyalty and Trust

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-29 07:41

Themes: oaths, friendship, nobility, protection, moral obligation

Then you shall bless me from first to last for your own sake, and for the sake of others and for her dear sake to whom I swore to protect.” “And, inde...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Desperate Choices

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-27 16:05

Themes: oppression, agency, colonialism, ritual, desperation

They then discussed the means of getting at the victim. The guide was familiar with the pagoda of Pillaji, in which, as he declared, the young woman w...
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Gulliver's Travels / Eccentric Ambitions

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-27 16:03

Themes: human folly, enlightenment, nature of knowledge, ambition, absurdity

Every room has in it one or more projectors; and I believe I could not be in fewer than five hundred rooms. The first man I saw was of a meagre aspect...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Embarrassment and Journey

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-27 16:03

Themes: duty, friendship, exploration, imperialism, internal conflict

Fogg choose to make him, Passepartout, a present of Kiouni, he would be very much embarrassed; and these thoughts did not cease worrying him for a lon...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Identity and Society

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-27 06:02

Themes: individuality, conformity, appearance, societal norms, rebellion

“‘Or to sit here, or sit there, that would not be offensive to you?’ “‘Oh, no.’ “‘Or to cut your hair quite short before you come to us?’ “I could har...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Cultural Encounters

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-27 06:02

Themes: loyalty, identity, colonialism, honor, cultural exchange

But he shrank from telling the story of his adventures, intimately connected as it was with that of his master; and, before doing so, he determined to...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Art and Darkness

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-27 06:01

Themes: urban despair, companionship, moral ambiguity, fleeting solace, art as escape

Then there are successive entries that A and B cleared, or left the country, and finally that C was visited, with, I fear, a sinister result for C. We...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Exploration Dialogue

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-26 18:56

Themes: curiosity, adventure, mentorship, knowledge, discovery

It is my intention to try my luck with my fishing line and hook." "Certainly; make the experiment," said my uncle, pleased with my enthusiasm. "While ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Fate and Explosions

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-26 18:56

Themes: human ambition, industrial dangers, time's weight, resignation, scientific progress

"We are bound to go through," responded the Professor, tapping me on the back. At midnight, our work as miners was completely finished; the charge of ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Character Reflection

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-26 18:55

Themes: introspection, knowledge, personal failure, isolation

Bennet was not of a disposition to seek comfort for the disappointment which his own imprudence had brought on in any of those pleasures which too oft...