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Gulliver's Travels / Power and Satire

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: political hierarchy, instability, satire, empire, conflict  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-16

We compute the _Tramecksan_, or high heels, to exceed us in number; but the power is wholly on our side. We apprehend his imperial highness, the heir ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Fear and Instability

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: anxiety, confrontation, chaos, emotion, instability  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-15

"What fear you now?" "What do I fear now!" I cried in fierce and angry tones. "Do you not see that the walls of the shaft are in motion?