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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Eastern Wonders

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: beauty and decay, exploration, cultural encounter  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-03

I cannot express my astonishment at the beauties of these new regions. Here the grouping formed an oriental town, with innumerable mosques and minaret...
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Frankenstein / Decay and Mortality

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: fragility of life, inevitability of death, transformation, beauty and decay  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-13

My attention was fixed upon every object the most insupportable to the delicacy of the human feelings. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and...