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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Unprepared Voyage

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: human ambition, fragility, nature's power, existential dread, folly  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-28

We are utterly unprepared for a sea voyage; it is simply madness to think of performing a journey of five hundred leagues upon a wretched pile of beam...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Continents and Men

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: geological evolution, human ambition, imperialism, ecological balance, philosophical introspection  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

These are coral islands, slowly raised, but continuous, created by the daily work of polypi. Then this new island will be joined later on to the neigh...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Fate and Explosions

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: human ambition, industrial dangers, time's weight, resignation, scientific progress  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-26

"We are bound to go through," responded the Professor, tapping me on the back. At midnight, our work as miners was completely finished; the charge of ...