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The 19th century saw dramatic technological progress. Thanks to the railway, steam boats, and the expansion of transport networks, man could travel the world faster than ever before. In his novel, Jules Verne writes about the fascination with this progress.

In 1984 Alphaville want to be forever young, wanna be forever young… In 2013, Lana del Rey wonders, “Will you still love me when I’m no longer young and beautiful?” But is eternal youth really the answer? Oscar Wilde’s novel raises serious doubts.

When the American deck-hand Gale, while on shore leave in Antwerp, misses the departure of his freighter, he does not know what catastrophic events he has just set in motion: the extinction of his existence …

It’s the most sought-after metal in the world: In the Middle Ages, alchemists tried to produce it from scratch in vain, in the Early Modern world people persistently searched for it in rivers and mountains. A novel about the power of gold.

We tend to believe we’re constantly reinventing the wheel. We’re not. Take any contemporary trend, from “tiny houses” to “minimalism” to “tidying up with Marie Kondo” – Henry David Thoreau was already living them 200 years ago.