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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Nature vs Humanity

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: human agency, natural laws, existential tension, vulnerability, technological limits  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-31

But we cannot prevent equilibrium from producing its effects. We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.” Captain Nemo had chosen a s...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Man vs Nature

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: vulnerability, isolation, hubris, human agency  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-30

As we are totally incapable of steering our frail craft, we shall become the mere plaything of the storm, and it is acting the part of madmen if we, a...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Train Decoupling Incident

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: industrialization, chaos, human agency, progress, technology  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

There, suspended by one hand between the baggage-car and the tender, with the other he loosened the safety chains; but, owing to the traction, he woul...