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Dracula / Business Acumen

Author: Bram Stoker  | Themes: knowledge, class, foresight, professionalism, negotiation

Is it not so?” “Of course,” I replied; and “such is often done by men of business, who do not like the whole of their affairs to be known by any one p...
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Dracula / Dreadful Transformation

Author: Bram Stoker  | Themes: mortality, decay, horror, fear, the supernatural

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...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Culinary Discomfort

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: exploration, identity, alienation, civilization, nature

The water was fresh and clear, but it was water, and did not suit Ned Land’s taste. Amongst the dishes which were brought to us, I recognised several ...
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Dracula / Guilt and Uncertainty

Author: Bram Stoker  | Themes: guilt, loss, uncertainty, forgiveness, human connection

He doubted me when I took him from her kiss when she was dying. I know he has forgiven me because in some mistaken idea I have done things that preven...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Nautilus Revelation

Author: Jules Verne  | Themes: exploration, technology, adventure, knowledge, human ingenuity

The Captain showed me a sketch that gave the plan, section, and elevation of the _Nautilus_. Then he began his description in these words:— “Here, M. ...
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Gulliver's Travels / Transformative Landscape

Author: Jonathan Swift  | Themes: transformation, leadership, isolation, pastoral beauty, societal critique

But, in three hours travelling, the scene was wholly altered; we came into a most beautiful country; farmers’ houses, at small distances, neatly built...