Literary notes about Discovery (AI summary)
In literature, the word "discovery" carries a range of connotations that enrich narrative depth and character transformation. It may denote groundbreaking scientific insight that challenges established paradigms, such as the revelation of unicellular life that redefines our understanding of existence [1, 2]. At the same time, it often marks a turning point in personal or social trajectories, where unearthing a secret or hidden truth irrevocably alters lives [3, 4, 5]. In works recounting explorative endeavors, discovery embodies the spirit of venturing into uncharted territories and the excitement of mapping new realms, as seen in narratives detailing daring voyages [6, 7, 8]. Whether acting as a metaphor for inner enlightenment or a literal finding that reshapes history and society, discovery remains a powerful narrative tool that propels both plot and character development [9, 10, 11].
- It is for this same reason that the discovery of unicellular beings, of which we just spoke, has transformed the current idea of life.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - Many a man must have felt, before the blessed discovery of chloroform, great horror at the thought of an impending surgical operation.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin - In consequence of this discovery his whole manner of life, all his relations with old friends, all his plans for his future, were completely altered.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - Anxious as ever to avoid discovery, I had before resolved to assume an alias .
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë - The story of his appearance in camp, the discovery of his parentage, and his prophecy, had lost nothing in the telling.
— from Kim by Rudyard Kipling - It was, at the same time, a voyage of discovery.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - Brave Laperouse shall by and by lift anchor, on philanthropic Voyage of Discovery; for the King knows Geography.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - "Let us go on a journey of discovery," I cried.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - The discovery of the stained dress may lead the way to finding it.”
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - “What brought all his wicked scheme to wreck was your discovery of this man Heidegger’s dead body.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - There are fifty doors by which discovery may enter.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
