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* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: At one point an Indian widow is described as "almost as beautiful as a European." |
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: At one point an Indian widow is described as "almost as beautiful as a European." |
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** Not Verne's fault, however. This phrase only appears in one creaky old [[Blind Idiot Translation]] (which, unfortunately, is still the only one most English speakers know). |
** Not Verne's fault, however. This phrase only appears in one creaky old [[Blind Idiot Translation]] (which, unfortunately, is still the only one most English speakers know). |
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* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: The time limit firmly locks the story into the late 1800s. If it were set only five years earlier, the railroads and canals that make the journey remotely possible wouldn't exist, while if it were set any significant period of time in the future the journey would be trivial. |
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