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Frankenstein / Fear and Isolation

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: trauma, familial bonds, escape, horror, psychological struggle  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-25

My wife and my sister will never recover from their horror. Take possession of your tenement and let me fly from this place.’ “Felix trembled violentl...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Liquid Comfort

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: escape, human experience, hardship, indulgence, perception  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-14

That precious bottle of Hollands was in reality only half full; but, under the circumstances, it was nectar. It took some minutes for myself and my un...
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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...