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Dracula / Life and Numbers

Author: Bram Stoker (Gutenberg)  | Themes: subjectivity, isolation, modernism, psychological struggle  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-12

I scolded him for it, but he argued quietly that it was very good and very wholesome; that it was life, strong life, and gave life to him. He has evid...
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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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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Survival in Isolation

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: isolation, survival, psychological struggle, nature's hostility, human endurance  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

On March 22, the _Nautilus_ was in the open polar seas. For five days we had lived on the reserve on board. And what was left of the respirable air mu...