Green serves as both a vivid descriptor and a rich symbol across diverse literary works. In some narratives, it paints immersive images of nature and settings—a long bag of green silk unfolds exotic landscapes ([1]), lush lawns and inviting doors of green evoke secret garden realms ([2], [3]), while rolling fields and forest clearings imbue scenes with life and renewal ([4], [5]). In other texts, the word carries metaphorical heft; it denotes inexperience or youthful naiveté as in the portrayal of a “green girl” ([6]), or symbolizes hope and new beginnings, as seen in passages where fresh green shoots and the tender blast of spring suggest transformation ([7]). Whether highlighting the charm of a cherished home ([8], [9]) or deepening the mystery in epic quests such as the journey to the Green Chapel ([10]), green remains a versatile and evocative element, enriching literature with its layered resonance.
- It took three days to sew all the strips together, but when it was finished they had a big bag of green silk more than twenty feet long.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- She wore a green brocade dress and held a green parrot on her finger.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- She went toward the wall and found that there was a green door in the ivy, and that it stood open.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Dinah's family lived in a small farmhouse, up a green lane, close by a meadow with some fine shady trees; there were two cows feeding in it.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- It was a green spot, on a hill, carpeted with soft turf.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- I.83 Green girl, Unsifted ] i.e. , inexperienced girl.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
- Every year this tree sends forth fresh green shoots.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen
- That night a thoroughly happy, completely tired-out Anne returned to Green Gables in a state of beatification impossible to describe.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
- When the calm night came softly down over Green Gables the old house was hushed and tranquil.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
- The last canto brings our knight to the Green Chapel, after he is repeatedly warned to turn back in the face of certain death.
— from English Literature by William J. Long