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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Journeys End

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: failure, denial, exploration, internal conflict, human condition  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-21

"Well," I said, "there can be no doubt now as to what we have to do. Water has utterly failed us; our journey is therefore at an end. Let us return." ...
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Frankenstein / Fear of Knowledge

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: isolation, ambition, friendship, internal conflict, fear  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

He soon perceived that I disliked the subject; but not guessing the real cause, he attributed my feelings to modesty, and changed the subject from my ...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Confrontation with Authority

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: fear, authority, internal conflict, adventure, isolation  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

Certainly my trouble and agitation would have betrayed me to Captain Nemo’s eyes. At every moment I expected to see him appear, and ask me why I wishe...
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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...