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Around the World in Eighty Days / Cultural Complexity

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: identity, ambition, performance, exoticism, societal expectations  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-19

“Well, that’s enough,” said the Honourable William Batulcar. He was engaged to act in the celebrated Japanese troupe. It was not a very dignified posi...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Cultural Exchange

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: colonialism, exoticism, adventure, social interaction  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-28

Passepartout, who had been purchasing several dozen mangoes—a fruit as large as good-sized apples, of a dark-brown colour outside and a bright red wit...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Cultural Exchange

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: exoticism, performance, identity, colonialism, spirituality  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-16

Batulcar, was to commence at three o’clock, and soon the deafening instruments of a Japanese orchestra resounded at the door. Passepartout, though he ...