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Around the World in Eighty Days / Cultural Tension

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: cultural intersection, survival, authority, discretion, colonial influence  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-02

The murmur soon became more distinct; it now seemed like a distant concert of human voices accompanied by brass instruments. The Parsee jumped to the ...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Media and Truth

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: knowledge limitation, societal intrigue, media influence, public perception, mystery  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-30

I have already learned all that is in the public prints, nothing more. I presume that I may take it as correct—this article, for example, as to the di...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Race Against Time

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: punctuality, ambition, media influence, travel anxiety, modernity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

Is it uncommon for the best ocean steamers to be two or three days behind time? But a single delay would suffice to fatally break the chain of communi...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Cultural Influence

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: identity, influence, transnationalism, agency  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-03

If she had, it must be someone from America because she had spent so short a time in this country that she could hardly have allowed anyone to acquire...
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Pride and Prejudice / Idle Pursuits

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: gender roles, societal expectations, romance, military influence, leisure  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-29

She has been allowed to dispose of her time in the most idle and frivolous manner, and to adopt any opinions that came in her way. Since the ----shire...