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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Urban Decay

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: addiction, urban life, social contrast, moral decay, secrecy  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-10

Upper Swandam Lane is a vile alley lurking behind the high wharves which line the north side of the river to the east of London Bridge. Between a slop...
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The War of the Worlds / Nature and Decay

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: growth decay, urbanization, environmental fragility, contrast, nostalgia  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-03

The red creeper swarmed up the trees about the old palace, and their branches stretched gaunt and dead, and set with shrivelled leaves, from amid its ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Contrasting Friendships

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: friendship, class dynamics, character contrast, societal expectations  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-15

the principal rooms, satisfied with what the owner said in its praise, and took it immediately. Between him and Darcy there was a very steady friendsh...