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Around the World in Eighty Days / Time and Travel

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: punctuality, determination, progress, adventure  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-19

Calcutta was reached at seven in the morning, and the packet left for Hong Kong at noon; so that Phileas Fogg had five hours before him. According to ...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Trust and Redemption

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: trust, loyalty, determination, justice, exploration  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-10

Fix evidently was no longer an enemy, but an ally; he was faithfully keeping his word. Dinner over, the coach which was to convey the passengers and t...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Climactic Stakes

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: competition, economy, determination, risk, fortune  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-16

Phileas Fogg, like a racehorse, was drawing near his last turning-point. The bonds were quoted, no longer at a hundred below par, but at twenty, at te...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Focus and Frustration

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: determination, ingenuity, travel, conflict, hope  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-15

They grumbled and protested, and would certainly have thus attracted Phileas Fogg’s attention if he had not been completely absorbed in his game. Pass...
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Dracula / Confronting the Unknown

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: fear, confrontation, time, mortality, determination  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

Do not fear any of us, we are all devoted to this cause, and to-day shall see the end. The time is coming for action; to-day this Vampire is limit to ...
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Gulliver's Travels / Fear and Resistance

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: warfare, fear, resilience, suffering, determination  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-16

The enemy was so frightened when they saw me, that they leaped out of their ships, and swam to shore, where there could not be fewer than thirty thous...