Literary notes about Nook (AI summary)
The word "nook" is employed with remarkable versatility across literary works, often evoking a small, secluded space that serves as both a literal and symbolic refuge. In some narratives, it designates a physical recess—a quiet corner of a home or a hidden spot in nature that offers solace or protection, as seen in descriptions of intimate indoor settings ([1], [2]) and tucked-away areas in the landscape ([3], [4]). At times, authors extend its meaning metaphorically to indicate a safeguarded part of one's affections or an elusive personal domain, as in the subtle intimacies of character and emotion ([5], [6]). The term also appears in broader contexts, describing the crevices of cities, the recesses of societal structures, or even abstract regions of influence ([7], [8]), highlighting its capacity to suggest both comfort and isolation in diverse narrative landscapes.
- Christie sat in her favorite nook one bright September morning, with the inevitable children hunting hapless crabs in a pool near by.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott - When they awoke the next morning they glanced into Sue's nook, to find it still without a tenant.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy - It is the most fairy-like little nook on the whole river.
— from Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome - When this happened, the place was always a sunny nook in the forest.
— from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll - Nor had Hepzibah ever any hardihood, except what came from the very warmest nook in her affections.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Then there’s this house, which must be built in order to have a nook of one’s own in which to be quiet.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - From my position, which was far above the level of the town, I could perceive its every nook and corner, as if delineated on a map.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - And so on, through every walk of life, the influence of the government permeates every nook and corner of the situation.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
