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The War of the Worlds / Tension in the Ordinary

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: conflict, technology, ordinary life, foreboding, societal change  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-26

We were far beyond the range of the Heat-Ray there, and had it not been for the silent desertion of some of the houses, the stirring movement of packi...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Mystery Unfolds

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: observation, curiosity, deduction, suspense, societal change  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-16

“What on earth can be the matter with him?” I asked. “He is looking up at the numbers of the houses.” “I believe that he is coming here,” said Holmes,...
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Gulliver's Travels / Noble Education Inquiry

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: education, nobility, governance, societal change, power dynamics  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

When I had put an end to these long discourses, his majesty, in a sixth audience, consulting his notes, proposed many doubts, queries, and objections,...