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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Financial Stability

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: debt, credit, social status, economic pressures, identity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-19

I may add that his whole debts at the present moment, as far as we have been able to ascertain, amount to £ 88 10_s_., while he has £ 220 standing to ...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Depths of Discovery

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exploration, pressure, isolation, adventure, the unknown  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-08

We had attained a depth of 16,000 yards (four leagues), and the sides of the _Nautilus_ then bore a pressure of 1,600 atmospheres, that is to say, 3,2...