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The War of the Worlds / Confronting Mortality

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: death, existentialism, soldier's perspective, chaos, disillusionment  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-02

“That’s what I’ve been thinking,” he said; “that’s what I’ve been thinking. Most of the people were hard at it squealing and exciting themselves. I’ve...
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Frankenstein / Decay and Mortality

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: fragility of life, inevitability of death, transformation, beauty and decay  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-13

My attention was fixed upon every object the most insupportable to the delicacy of the human feelings. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and...
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Dracula / Corrupted Purity

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: innocence lost, sexual desire, supernatural horror, moral conflict, fear of death  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-13

The sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness. Van Helsing stepped out, and, obedient to his gest...
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Dracula / Isolation and Grief

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: loneliness, transience, nature, joy, death  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-30

If you could have looked into my very heart then when I want to laugh; if you could have done so when the laugh arrived; if you could do so now, when ...