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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...