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Around the World in Eighty Days / Colonial Justice

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: colonialism, law and authority, personal agency, cultural conflict, economic disparity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

Judge Obadiah had unfortunately caught Passepartout’s rash exclamation, which the poor fellow would have given the world to recall. “Inasmuch,” resume...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Family and Obligation

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: social obligation, class struggle, family ties, law and authority, exploitation  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-15

“‘Here we are, Jack,’ says he, touching me on the arm; ‘we’ll be as good as a family to you. There’s two of us, me and my son, and you can have the ke...