Sparks on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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The two selves
Stevenson writes the split self as a medical fact, not a metaphor — and the horror comes from how ordinary it feels.
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Dracula
Bram Stoker · Chapter 2: Jonathan Harker's Journal
Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere.
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Bram Stoker · Chapter one
Dracula
“Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning…”
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A Study in Scarlet
Part I, Chapter 1 · Narrated by Lewis
12:40−18:32
Under the voice
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