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Around the World in Eighty Days / Cultural Significance

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: imperial authority, aging, cultural hierarchy, respect, discovery  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-24

Passepartout noticed in the crowd a number of the natives who seemed very old and were dressed in yellow. On going into a barber’s to get shaved he le...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Vitality and Frailty

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: aging, contradiction, resilience, perception  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

His manner was brisk, and yet his general appearance gave an undue impression of age, for he had a slight forward stoop and a little bend of the knees...
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Gulliver's Travels / Struldbrug Society

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: mortality, aging, societal critique, dignity, existential dread  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-16

“If a _struldbrug_ happen to marry one of his own kind, the marriage is dissolved of course, by the courtesy of the kingdom, as soon as the younger of...