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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Technological Tension

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: innovation, anxiety, conflict, exploration, morality

According to my idea, the _Nautilus_ would attack the ship at her waterline, and then it would not only be possible, but easy to fly. At three in the ...
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Frankenstein / Psychological Turmoil

Author: Mary Shelley  | Themes: fear, trauma, mental illness, despair, isolation

Save me!” I imagined that the monster seized me; I struggled furiously and fell down in a fit. A meeting, which he anticipated with such joy, so stran...
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Wuthering Heights / Moorland Reflections

Author: Emily Brontë  | Themes: nature, isolation, journey, memory, change

One time I passed the old gate, going out of my way, on a journey to Gimmerton. It was about the period that my narrative has reached: a bright frosty...
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Dracula / Empathy and Connection

Author: Bram Stoker  | Themes: friendship, suffering, comfort, vulnerability, emotional support

I saw the manuscript in his hand, and I knew that when he read it he would realise how much I knew; so I said to him:-- “I wish I could comfort all wh...
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Frankenstein / Secrets Unveiled

Author: Mary Shelley  | Themes: trust, trauma, marriage, secrecy, intimacy

I will confide this tale of misery and terror to you the day after our marriage shall take place, for, my sweet cousin, there must be perfect confiden...
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The War of the Worlds / Technological Vulnerability

Author: H.G. Wells  | Themes: warfare, alien interaction, vulnerability, technology, solidarity

It would seem that a leg of the tripod had been smashed by one of the shells. The whole of the second volley flew wide of the Martian on the ground, a...