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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Sanity and Madness

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: mental struggle, light and darkness, perception of reality, hope, existential doubt  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-31

Surely my brain had not been affected by my fall, and all that occurred during the last twenty-four hours was not the frenzied visions of madness? And...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Dusk at Baker Street

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: time, anticipation, mystery, urban life, light and dark  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-27

It was a quarter past six when we left Baker Street, and it still wanted ten minutes to the hour when we found ourselves in Serpentine Avenue. It was ...
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The War of the Worlds / Railway Ruin

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: destruction, industrialization, light and dark, human fragility, disaster  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-08

There was a light down below the hill, on the railway, near the arch, and several of the houses along the Maybury road and the streets near the statio...