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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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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Exploration and Irony

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: ambition, exploration, skepticism, nature, imperialism  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

sir,” said Captain Nemo, in an ironical tone, “you will always be the same. I affirm that not only can the _Nautilus_ disengage itself, but also that ...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Embarrassment and Journey

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: duty, friendship, exploration, imperialism, internal conflict  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-27

Fogg choose to make him, Passepartout, a present of Kiouni, he would be very much embarrassed; and these thoughts did not cease worrying him for a lon...