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Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
A vengeful captain drafts a crew into his private war against a specific sperm whale with a grudge.
Herman Melville · novel
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The Odyssey
One war, ten years lost at sea, and several gods with grudges.
Homer · myth · 1 on Boovie
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Pride and Prejudice
A mother hunts for rich sons-in-law while her daughter enjoys hating the man she is destined to marry.
Jane Austen · novel
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The Tempest
A sorcerer maroons his enemies on an island. Then things get complicated.
William Shakespeare · play
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Anne of Green Gables
An elderly farming duo requests an orphan boy for help; the orphanage sends an imaginative girl instead.
L. M. Montgomery · novel
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
A scholar finds a coded note in an old book and decides the only logical response is jumping into a volcano.
Jules Verne · novel
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Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
A ship's surgeon visits a land of six-inch politicians and a kingdom of giants who treat him like a doll.
Jonathan Swift · novel
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Treasure Island
A boy finds a map, a squire hires a mutinous crew, and a parrot screams for pieces of eight.
Robert Louis Stevenson · novel
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Lucian's True History
A weary traveler promises the absolute truth about moon-men, space-spiders, and living inside a whale, then admits he is lying.
of Samosata Lucian · novel
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The Frogs
Dionysus goes to the Underworld to rescue a poet, but the candidates won't stop bickering.
Aristophanes · play
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
A rogue captain drives a submarine around the world; his guests want off.
Jules Verne · novel
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Around the World in Eighty Days
A man wagers his fortune on a clock, then realizes he miscounted the calendar.
Jules Verne · novel
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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
A shipwrecked man spends three decades building a personal kingdom out of goatskin, salvaged planks, and solitary prayer.
Daniel Defoe · novel
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Rinkitink in Oz
King Rinkitink loves jokes, his goat loves sarcasm, and their island just lost its entire population.
L. Frank Baum · novel
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The Voyage of the Beagle
A young naturalist boards a survey ship for five years, encountering jaguars, glaciers, and severe seasickness.
Charles Darwin · Travel
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The Innocents Abroad
An American skeptic travels through the Holy Land, mocking overly enthusiastic pilgrims, dishonest guides, and the general lack of soap.
Mark Twain · travel
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The Riddle of the Sands
Two amateur sailors find a German invasion fleet lurking in the shallows of the North Sea.
Erskine Childers · novel
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Set in Silver
Two people tour England by car, argue about honor, and slowly realize they are the only ones not lying.
C. N. Williamson · novel
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Howard Pyle's Book of pirates : fiction, fact & fancy concerning the buccaneers & marooners of the Spanish Main
A collection of grim maritime encounters where treasure usually comes with a side of betrayal and a sharp dirk knife.
Howard Pyle · short-story
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A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
A professor deciphers a runic note, ignores all safety protocols, and takes his nephew to the Earth's core.
Jules Verne · novel
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