Theme: revelation
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Dialogue and Intrigue
Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me.” “Pray tell us what has happened to you.” “I will do so, and I must be quick, for I have promised Mr....
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Urgency of Discovery
“May I see it?” “Certainly.” He snatched it from her in his eagerness, and smoothing it out upon the table he drew over the lamp and examined it inten...
The War of the Worlds / Titan Encounter
I marched on recklessly towards this Titan, and then, as I drew nearer and the light grew, I saw that a multitude of black birds was circling and clus...
The War of the Worlds / Confronting Death
When it came, I saw that he was a sturdy man, cheaply but not shabbily dressed; his head was bent under his body, and he lay crumpled up close to the ...
Frankenstein / Truth and Discovery
The sun does not more certainly shine in the heavens than that which I now affirm is true. Some miracle might have produced it, yet the stages of the ...
Pride and Prejudice / Sisterly Confessions
I am afraid you will be angry.” “My dearest sister, now be, _be_ serious. Let me know everything that I am to know without delay. Will you tell me how...