Home Archive Reflection Archive FAQ Support (Ko-fi)

Theme: distress

Cover image

Pride and Prejudice / Urgent Plea

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: familial duty, emotional turmoil, social obligation, urgency, distress  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-24

I take up my pen again to do, what I have just told you I would not; but circumstances are such, that I cannot help earnestly begging you all to come ...
Cover image

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Public Scandal Revealed

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social scrutiny, gossip, aristocracy, personal distress, societal norms  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-05

It is headed, ‘Singular Occurrence at a Fashionable Wedding’: “‘The family of Lord Robert St. Simon has been thrown into the greatest consternation by...
Cover image

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...