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The War of the Worlds / Human Frailty

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: desperation, moral decay, existential crisis, weakness, conflict  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-22

He ate and drank impulsively in heavy meals at long intervals. As the days wore on, his utter carelessness of any consideration so intensified our dis...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Despair and Isolation

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: loneliness, decay, weakness, struggle, endurance  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-19

Again I made the old ruins resound with my cries, and finally so exhausted myself that I fainted. How long I lay in a kind of trance or sleep I cannot...