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Gulliver's Travels / Courtly Rituals

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: power dynamics, social hierarchy, ritual humiliation, honor, submission  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-21

A messenger was despatched half a day’s journey before us, to give the king notice of my approach, and to desire, “that his majesty would please to ap...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Generosity and Courage

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: sacrifice, honor, introspection, moral integrity  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

But, before going, he had said to the soldiers, “My friends, I will divide five thousand dollars among you, if we save the prisoners.” It was then a l...
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Around the World in Eighty Days / Cultural Encounters

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: loyalty, identity, colonialism, honor, cultural exchange  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-27

But he shrank from telling the story of his adventures, intimately connected as it was with that of his master; and, before doing so, he determined to...