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The word "soon" is frequently employed in literature to indicate that an event is imminent, creating a sense of urgency or rapid transition. It can serve various narrative functions—from heightening emotional tension to marking the swift movement of time. For instance, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's use in "The Last Man" [1] encapsulates personal conflict by suggesting that circumstances change before one can fully embrace happiness, while Charles Dickens employs it in "Bleak House" [2] to swiftly transition a character’s physical state. In adventure and fantasy, as seen in J. M. Barrie’s "Peter Pan" [3], "soon" propels the narrative forward by promising an impending reunion, and in Jane Austen’s works, it neatly concludes scenes or signals forthcoming returns [4, 5]. This versatile adverb thus functions as a narrative tool that tightly weaves the passage of time into the fabric of storytelling.
  1. But I perceive, too soon for my own happiness, too late for England's good, that I undertook a task to which I am unequal.
    — from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  2. I am accustomed to a fire, and I am an old man, and I soon chill.
    — from Bleak House by Charles Dickens
  3. Well, it very soon discovered that she had come to the island and it found her out, and they just ran into each other's arms.
    — from Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
  4. And it was soon over.
    — from Persuasion by Jane Austen
  5. “You fell sick, I suppose, in the red-room with crying; you’ll be better soon, no doubt.”
    — from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

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