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Around the World in Eighty Days / Railroad Connections

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: transportation, urgency, expansion, modernity, connectivity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-27

Omaha is connected with Chicago by the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, which runs directly east, and passes fifty stations. Fogg and his party reach...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Journey Through Nature

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: nature vs. progress, exploration, regional identity, transportation  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

The railway turned around the sides of the mountains, and did not attempt to violate nature by taking the shortest cut from one point to another. The ...