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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Domestic Turmoil

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: mental health, societal expectations, emotional distress, companionship, vulnerability  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-15

Or should you rather that I sent James off to bed?” “Oh, no, no! I am so frightened about him!” It was not the first time that she had spoken to us of...
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The War of the Worlds / Journey of Companionship

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: solitude, companionship, transformation, emotional conflict, journey  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-08

When it was clear to him that I meant to go alone—had reconciled myself to going alone—he suddenly roused himself to come. And all being quiet through...
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Gulliver's Travels / Curiosity and Fear

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: vulnerability, curiosity, isolation, unpredictability, companionship  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

The weather being very warm, the closet-window was left open, as well as the windows and the door of my bigger box, in which I usually lived, because ...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Human and Nature

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: loyalty, exploration, responsibility, impermanence, companionship  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

The estimable beast certainly deserved some consideration. Fogg choose to make him, Passepartout, a present of Kiouni, he would be very much embarrass...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Guidance and Rejuvenation

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: mentorship, optimism, nature, companionship, adventure  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-12

It will, of course, naturally follow in our track, and will serve to guide and refresh us." "I think the idea a good one," I cried in reply, "and with...
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Frankenstein / Transition and Isolation

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: solitude, identity, fear, companionship, introspection  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

I, who had ever been surrounded by amiable companions, continually engaged in endeavouring to bestow mutual pleasure—I was now alone. In the universit...
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The War of the Worlds / Unexpected Encounters

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: conflict, vulnerability, companionship, isolation, transformation  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-30

In another moment a bend in the road hid the three men from my brother’s eyes. So, quite unexpectedly, my brother found himself, panting, with a cut m...
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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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Around the World in Eighty Days / Obstacles of Progress

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: disillusionment, companionship, nature's power, industrialization, colonialism  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-25

“Yes, but it’s on the other side of the river.” “And can’t we cross that in a boat?” asked the colonel. It is a rapid, and we shall have to make a cir...