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Frankenstein / Creator and Creature

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: alienation, responsibility, identity, despair, injustice  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-25

I did not know the names of the towns that I was to pass through, nor could I ask information from a single human being; but I did not despair. From y...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Emotional Isolation

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: isolation, responsibility, duality, sacrifice, conflict  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-12

I prepared to execute my self-allotted task--not, it must be confessed, without considerable emotion. After a hearty repast, my uncle and the hunter-g...
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Frankenstein / Creators Horror

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: monstrosity, responsibility, isolation, ambition, fear  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-07

I started from my sleep with horror; a cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and every limb became convulsed; when, by the dim and yellow ...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Human and Nature

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: loyalty, exploration, responsibility, impermanence, companionship  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

The estimable beast certainly deserved some consideration. Fogg choose to make him, Passepartout, a present of Kiouni, he would be very much embarrass...
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Frankenstein / Moral Conflict

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: guilt, innocence, responsibility, horror, ambition  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

It was to be decided whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of two of my fellow beings: one a smiling babe full ...
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Frankenstein / Guilt and Creation

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: guilt, isolation, madness, responsibility, creation  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-29

Justine, poor unhappy Justine, was as innocent as I, and she suffered the same charge; she died for it; and I am the cause of this—I murdered her. Wil...