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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Governess Displaced

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: displacement, gender roles, employment struggle, colonial impact  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-29

“I have been a governess for five years,” said she, “in the family of Colonel Spence Munro, but two months ago the colonel received an appointment at ...
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The War of the Worlds / Meteoric Discovery

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: curiosity, impact, exploration, transformation, danger  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

But very early in the morning poor Ogilvy, who had seen the shooting star and who was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere on the common between H...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Fatigue and Nature

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exhaustion, nature's impact, perseverance, struggle  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-19

What could be the cause of this--to what atmospheric agitation could be ascribed this draught? But this was a question which I did not care to discuss...