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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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Gulliver's Travels / Natures Scale

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: perspective, nature, imagination, human limitation  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

Their tallest trees are about seven feet high: I mean some of those in the great royal park, the tops whereof I could but just reach with my fist clen...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Railway Expectations

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: progress, anticipation, disillusionment, technology, limitation  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-29

This is the 22nd, and we shall reach Calcutta in time.” There was nothing to say to so confident a response. It was but too true that the railway came...