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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...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Confusion and Control

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: adventure, technology, uncertainty, human nature, exploration  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-03

Fix, it must be confessed, understood nothing of what was going on. The conquest of the “Henrietta,” the bribery of the crew, Fogg managing the boat l...