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Frankenstein / Freedom and Accountability

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: individuality, societal norms, morality, tension, identity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-28

Kirwin’s to give an account of yourself.” “Who is Mr. Is not this a free country?” “Ay, sir, free enough for honest folks.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Coincidence and Inquiry

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: deduction, justice, suspense, coincidence, morality  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-19

It could only be a small one, or it would have been remarked upon at the coroner’s inquiry. I deduced a ventilator.” “But what harm can there be in th...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Perception vs Reality

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: deception, trust, family dynamics, perception, morality  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-11

It appeared to you to be a simple case; to me it seems exceedingly complex. You suppose that your son came down from his bed, went, at great risk, to ...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Camaraderie and Rivalry

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: obsession, identity, friendship, darkness, morality  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-10

For two streets he shuffled along with a bent back and an uncertain foot. Then, glancing quickly round, he straightened himself out and burst into a h...
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The War of the Worlds / Struggle and Despair

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: morality, despair, brutality, human nature, psychological conflict  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-06

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...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Cunning Strategy

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: morality, identity, antihero, justice, deception  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-05

Fogg’s plan appeared to him the simplest in the world. Instead of sailing directly from England to the United States, like a common villain, he had tr...
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Gulliver's Travels / Motivations of War

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: warfare, morality, power dynamics, opportunism  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

Sometimes a war is entered upon, because the enemy is too strong; and sometimes, because he is too weak. Sometimes our neighbours want the things whic...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Crime and Justice

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: innocence, accusation, societal reaction, morality, justice system  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

Ryder instantly gave the alarm, and Horner was arrested the same evening; but the stone could not be found either upon his person or in his rooms. Cat...
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Gulliver's Travels / Nature of Vice

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: power, morality, human nature, desire, enlightenment  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-13

He was wholly at a loss to know what could be the use or necessity of practising those vices. To clear up which, I endeavoured to give some ideas of t...
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Gulliver's Travels / Justice and Mercy

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: power dynamics, sacrifice, loyalty, morality, authority  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-13

He said, the friendship between you and him was so well known to the world, that perhaps the most honourable board might think him partial; however, i...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Detectives Dilemma

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: obsession, pursuit, morality, desperation, wealth  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-30

Fix saw them leave the carriage and push off in a boat for the steamer, and stamped his feet with disappointment. I’ll follow him to the end of the wo...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Deception and Desire

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: truth, manipulation, survival, morality, appearance  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-20

but the truth; but he managed so well that the creature joined the honey-cakes in his bag.
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Gulliver's Travels / Gendered Education

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: education, gender, societal roles, morality, domesticity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-15

In the female nurseries, the young girls of quality are educated much like the males, only they are dressed by orderly servants of their own sex; but ...
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Pride and Prejudice / Gratitude and Justice

Author: Jane Austen (Gutenberg)  | Themes: community, solitude, morality, nature, appreciation  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-14

I thank you again and again, for not going to the Lakes. Perhaps other people have said so before, but no one with such justice.