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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Illness and Inquiry

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: mortality, duty, social hierarchy, emotional detachment  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

“There is serious news this morning,” Lestrade observed. Turner, of the Hall, is so ill that his life is despaired of.” “An elderly man, I presume?” s...
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Gulliver's Travels / Existence and Indifference

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: mortality, human nature, satirical critique, agricultural practices, emotional detachment  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

With tools made of these flints, they likewise cut their hay, and reap their oats, which there grow naturally in several fields; the _Yahoos_ draw hom...