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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 / Familial Comfort

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: sensory pleasure, familial bonds, care, nourishment  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-20

And never had this delicious beverage been so welcome and refreshing. My uncle had sufficient regard for my state of health not to interrupt me in the...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Psychological Turmoil

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: memory, hallucination, familial bonds, trauma, perception  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

It was with the greatest difficulty that I succeeded in doing so. Hamburg, the house on the Konigstrasse, my dear cousin Gretchen--all that world whic...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Heroic Suffering

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: sacrifice, familial bonds, despair, resignation, human struggle  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-16

But at last the time came when my limbs refused to carry me longer. I contended heroically against the terrible tortures I endured, because I did not ...