Theme: logic
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Tension of Truth
Holmes, that you have already made up your mind,” said Miss Stoner, laying her hand upon my companion’s sleeve. “Perhaps I have.” “Then, for pity’s sa...
Dracula / Life and Numbers
I scolded him for it, but he argued quietly that it was very good and very wholesome; that it was life, strong life, and gave life to him. He has evid...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Marine Exploration
As to the fauna, it might be counted by thousands of crustacea of all sorts, lobsters, crabs, spider-crabs, chameleon shrimps, and a large number of s...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Nature vs Humanity
But we cannot prevent equilibrium from producing its effects. We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.” Captain Nemo had chosen a s...
Frankenstein / Fear and Isolation
My wife and my sister will never recover from their horror. Take possession of your tenement and let me fly from this place.’ “Felix trembled violentl...
The War of the Worlds / Decay and Ambition
The pit was still in darkness; the mighty engines, so great and wonderful in their power and complexity, so unearthly in their tortuous forms, rose we...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Ecosystems Reimagined
The soil was still of the same volcanic nature; everywhere were traces of lava, scoriae, and basalt; but the crater which had vomited them I could not...
The War of the Worlds / Natures Wrath
All about me the red weed clambered among the ruins, writhing to get above me in the dimness. Night, the mother of fear and mystery, was coming upon m...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Tension in Time
“That is back through the house into Saxe-Coburg Square. I hope that you have done what I asked you, Jones?” “I have an inspector and two officers wai...
The War of the Worlds / Struggle and Despair
As the days wore on, his utter carelessness of any consideration so intensified our distress and danger that I had, much as I loathed doing it, to res...
Gulliver's Travels / Surrender and Awe
The astonishment here was much greater than at the sight of my scimitar. Hundreds fell down as if they had been struck dead; and even the emperor, alt...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Moral Ambiguity
Ryder stood glaring with a drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it. He’s not got blood enough to go in for felony with impunity. What a...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Marine Exploration
At this moment the peak was clearly defined against the sky. The _Nautilus_, diving again under the water, approached the coast, which was only some f...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Survival in Isolation
On March 22, the _Nautilus_ was in the open polar seas. For five days we had lived on the reserve on board. And what was left of the respirable air mu...
Dracula / Hypnotic Intrigues
Mina woke me early, about the same time as yesterday, and asked me to bring Dr. I thought that it was another occasion for hypnotism, and without ques...
The War of the Worlds / Martian Threat
That night another invisible missile started on its way to the earth from Mars, just a second or so under twenty-four hours after the first one. I rem...
Frankenstein / Sensory Awakening
I walked and, I believe, descended, but I presently found a great alteration in my sensations. Before, dark and opaque bodies had surrounded me, imper...
Dracula / Vulnerability and Anxiety
She seems not too well herself, and doubtless she fears to worry me. I tried to keep awake, and succeeded for a while; but when the clock struck twelv...
Dracula / Madness and Memory
He grew very grave; and, after thinking the matter over for a while asked me to take him to Renfield. As we came to the door we heard the lunatic with...
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Continents and Men
These are coral islands, slowly raised, but continuous, created by the daily work of polypi. Then this new island will be joined later on to the neigh...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Illuminated Geology
It was a glorious sight to see how the electric light brought out the sparkles in the walls of the calcareous rocks, and the old red sandstone. One mi...
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Volcanic Exploration
Nevertheless, it appeared quite clear to me, that we were not in the principal chimney of the volcano, but in an accessory conduit, where we felt the ...
The War of the Worlds / Hope Amidst Despair
It grew upon my mind, once I could face the facts, that terrible as our position was, there was as yet no justification for absolute despair. Our chie...