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Dracula / Urban Anxieties

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: innocence lost, societal neglect, urban crime, media influence, fear  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-17

To-day he came back, and almost bounded into the room at about half-past five o’clock, and thrust last night’s “Westminster Gazette” into my hand. “Wh...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Victorian Finance

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: trust, wealth, accountability, social dynamics, crime  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-04

Half an hour later several members of the Reform came in and drew up to the fireplace, where a coal fire was steadily burning. Fogg’s usual partners a...