Literary notes about Reclusive (AI summary)
In literature, the term "reclusive" is often used to describe characters who embrace solitude or are detached from society, highlighting their introspective or mysterious natures. For instance, it is employed to depict a highly respected sorceress known for her retreat from the public eye [1] and an intellectual whose innate nature was marked by isolation and rugged individualism [2]. Authors use the word to evoke images of quiet, sequestered lives—whether it be a secluded home of contemplation [3], a reclusive widow who withdraws from the world [4], or even a man so withdrawn that he shunned all unnecessary companionship [5]. Additionally, the trait can come across as a response to personal tragedy, as seen with a character becoming markedly solitary following loss [6].
- Instead, it was Princess Gayelette, the reclusive but highly respected sorceress from the north.
— from Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz by Robert J. Evans - Intractable and headstrong by nature, with a rugged and reclusive intellect, the Abbé de Lamennais was by temperament a free lance.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. V, 1831 to 1832 by Alexandre Dumas - I would no longer roam: Let not the thought of wandering e'er invade This still, reclusive home!
— from The Melody of EarthAn Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets - Settled for the life of a reclusive widow, until she died too.
— from Any Coincidence Is Or, The Day Julia & Cecil the Cat Faced a Fate Worse Than Death by Daniel Callahan - He was, himself, timid and reclusive, and he shrank from all avoidable companionship with others, except on the footing of a master and teacher.
— from Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments by Edmund Gosse - "Satish became very reclusive after his wife's death," Bishnu continued.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
