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Frankenstein / Natures Sublime Power

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: isolation, nature, awe, vulnerability, the sublime  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-07

He bounded over the crevices in the ice, among which I had walked with caution; his stature, also, as he approached, seemed to exceed that of man. I w...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Natures Sublime Depths

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: wonder, exploration, the sublime, nature's beauty, limitations of language  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-21

The great grotto of Guachara, in Colombia, visited by the learned Humboldt; the vast and partially explored Mammoth Cave in Kentucky--what were these ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Illuminated Geology

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: nature's beauty, geological history, exploration, the sublime, evolution  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

It was a glorious sight to see how the electric light brought out the sparkles in the walls of the calcareous rocks, and the old red sandstone. One mi...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Oceanic Terrors

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exploration, nature's beauty, danger, human experience, the sublime  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-26

There rose high submarine cliffs covered with large weeds. It was about eleven o’clock when Ned Land drew my attention to a formidable pricking, like ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Transformation Through Discovery

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exploration, belief, transformation, skepticism, the sublime  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-20

"Are you convinced?" said my uncle, with a self-satisfied smile. "I am convinced," I cried, "that what I see is incredible." The fact was that my jour...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Natures Enchantment

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: romanticism, nature's beauty, transformation, imagination, the sublime  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-17

But that which served as steps under our feet became in other places stalactites. The lava, very porous in certain places, took the form of little rou...