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Literary notes about Octagon (AI summary)

The term "octagon" has often been deployed in literature to evoke images of both striking architectural design and intimate internal spaces. In works like Jules Verne's, it describes the prominent minarets of a bustling coastal town, adding an exotic flair to the landscape [1]. In contrast, Henry Scadding and Jane Austen use octagonal structures to create a sense of solemnity and transformation in passages concerning tombs and rooms, respectively [2, 3]. Meanwhile, authors such as M. E. Braddon, Oscar Wilde, and Nathaniel Hawthorne repeatedly employ octagonal rooms or chambers—ranging from ante-chambers to elegant entries—to underscore both the physical and symbolic convergence of different spatial elements, enriching the narrative with a mix of mystery and ordered beauty [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10].
  1. I caught a glimpse of the octagon minarets of this town, which was at one time the richest commercial magazine on the coast.
    — from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
  2. It is added: "His remains were on Tuesday evening interred in a small octagon building, erected on the rear of his Park lot."
    — from Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
  3. difference between his present air and what it had been in the Octagon Room was strikingly great.
    — from Persuasion by Jane Austen
  4. Several doors opened out of the vestibule, which was octagon, like my lady's ante-chamber.
    — from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon
  5. Lady Audley listened at the door, waiting till the muffled sounds of their footsteps died away in the octagon chamber and on the carpeted staircase.
    — from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon
  6. Her suite of rooms, as I have said, opened one out of another, and terminated in an octagon antechamber hung with oil-paintings.
    — from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon
  7. As they entered the octagon ante-chamber the barrister paused and shut the door behind him.
    — from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon
  8. CHEVELEY THE SCENES OF THE PLAY Act I. The Octagon Room in Sir Robert Chiltern’s House in Grosvenor Square .
    — from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
  9. The cupola is an octagon with several windows, and a door opening upon the roof.
    — from Twice-told tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  10. FIRST ACT SCENE The octagon room at Sir Robert Chiltern’s house in Grosvenor Square .
    — from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

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