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The War of the Worlds / Uncanny Encounter

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: fear, the unknown, exploration, ambiguity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

It worried at the catch for a minute, perhaps, and then the door opened. In the darkness I could just see the thing—like an elephant’s trunk more than...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Art and Darkness

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: urban despair, companionship, moral ambiguity, fleeting solace, art as escape  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-27

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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Frankenstein / Existential Struggle

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: evil, isolation, conflict, nature, moral ambiguity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-15

The mere presence of the idea was an irresistible proof of the fact. I thought of pursuing the devil; but it would have been in vain, for another flas...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Trust and Betrayal

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: loyalty, deception, class dynamics, suspense, moral ambiguity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-15

But how shall I prevent his departure, if that should turn out to be my last resource?” Fix made up his mind that, if worst came to worst, he would ma...