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Gulliver's Travels / Perception and Reality

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exploration, misinterpretation, fear, humor, resilience  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-29

That upon coming nearer, and finding his error, he sent out his long-boat to discover what it was; that his men came back in a fright, swearing they h...
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Dracula / Harvest of Flies

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: humor, domesticity, nature, irony, vulnerability  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-04

I thought it well to humour him: so he is back in his room with the window open. He has the sugar of his tea spread out on the window-sill, and is rea...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Trust and Tension

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: loyalty, adventure, uncertainty, camaraderie, humor  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

There I found Conseil, who wished to know the result of my interview with the Captain. “My boy,” said I, “when I feigned to believe that his _Nautilus...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Icelandic Resilience

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: intelligence, nature, human-animal bond, resilience, humor  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-14

It was utterly useless to show any signs of impatience. I could not help smiling to see him look so big on his little horse; his long legs now and the...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Naming the Unknown

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exploration, identity, agency, family, humor  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-25

sea voyage had at length commenced; and once more we were making for distant and unknown regions. Just as we were about to leave the little port where...