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Frankenstein / Yearning for Connection

Author: Mary Shelley  | Themes: isolation, transformation, emotional needs, nature, human condition

I asked, it is true, for greater treasures than a little food or rest: I required kindness and sympathy; but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy...
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The War of the Worlds / Alien Communication

Author: H.G. Wells  | Themes: isolation, understanding, alienation, communication

And I assert that I watched them closely time after time, and that I have seen four, five, and (once) six of them sluggishly performing the most elabo...
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Pride and Prejudice / Inheritance and Insensibility

Author: Jane Austen  | Themes: entailment, powerlessness, class struggle, emotional conflict, societal constraints

“I cannot bear to think that they should have all this estate. If it was not for the entail, I should not mind it.” “What should not you mind?” “I sho...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Gamble of Time

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: risk, ambition, wealth, social dynamics, competition

Stuart, Fallentin, Sullivan, Flanagan, and Ralph, after consulting each other. “The train leaves for Dover at a quarter before nine. I will take it.” ...
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Dracula / Loves Complexities

Author: Bram Stoker  | Themes: emotional conflict, societal expectations, love and loss, personal sacrifice

Being proposed to is all very nice and all that sort of thing, but it isn’t at all a happy thing when you have to see a poor fellow, whom you know lov...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Isolation in Adversity

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: discontent, perseverance, individualism, journey, societal tension

There was a general disappointment among the passengers, who, without reckoning the delay, saw themselves compelled to trudge fifteen miles over a pla...