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Frankenstein / Fear and Isolation

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: trauma, familial bonds, escape, horror, psychological struggle  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-25

My wife and my sister will never recover from their horror. Take possession of your tenement and let me fly from this place.’ “Felix trembled violentl...
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Dracula / Domestic Tension

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: gothic horror, domesticity, foreboding, emotional conflict  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-05

I left Quincey lying down after having a glass of wine, and told the cook to get ready a good breakfast. Then a thought struck me, and I went back to ...
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Frankenstein / Moral Conflict

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: guilt, innocence, responsibility, horror, ambition  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

It was to be decided whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of two of my fellow beings: one a smiling babe full ...
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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 / Dreadful Transformation

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: mortality, decay, horror, fear, the supernatural  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

If I was shocked when I saw her yesterday, I was horrified when I saw her to-day. She was ghastly, chalkily pale; the red seemed to have gone even fro...