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Dracula / Desperation for Life

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: vulnerability, control, fear, agency, collaboration  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-02

Check to the King!” We took Lucy into another room, which had by now been prepared, and laid her in bed and forced a few drops of brandy down her thro...
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Dracula / Confinement of Strength

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: confinement, resilience, mental health, societal control, danger  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-15

It is a mercy that we have found out his strength and his danger in good time. With strength and determination like his, he might have done wild work ...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Navigating Perilous Terrain

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: human vulnerability, nature's power, control versus chaos, exploration, landscape symbolism  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

It is necessary, however, to take great precaution, in order to avoid the weight of falling waters, which would cause the raft to founder in an instan...
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Dracula / Hypnotic Intrigues

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: psychological manipulation, trust, control, vulnerability, science vs superstition  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

Mina woke me early, about the same time as yesterday, and asked me to bring Dr. I thought that it was another occasion for hypnotism, and without ques...
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The War of the Worlds / Control and Chaos

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: industrialization, anxiety, control, nature, progress  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-17

I am not an expert driver, and I had immediately to turn my attention to the horse. When I looked back again the second hill had hidden the black smok...
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Dracula / Power Dynamics

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exclusion, intimacy, secrecy, gender roles, control  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-16

His door was ajar, so that he could hear the opening of the door of our room. He came at once; as he passed into the room, he asked Mina if the others...
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Dracula / Breaking Boundaries

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: madness, power dynamics, vulnerability, societal stigma, control  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-23

Suddenly the door was burst open, and in rushed my patient, with his face distorted with passion. I was thunderstruck, for such a thing as a patient g...