Literary notes about Trinket (AI summary)
In literature, the word “trinket” often conveys more than a mere ornamental object; it becomes a potent symbol of personal history, social status, or emotional memory. Authors employ it to depict both the extravagant and the sentimental—from commanding orders for every trinket as tokens of wealth and excess ([1]) to delicate mementos embodying grief or affection, as when a red trinket recalls a lost lover ([2]) or a cherished family picture ([3]). Its use ranges from items of trivial commercial exchange ([4]) to cherished keepsakes that unlock hidden facets of identity or intimacy ([5], [6]), illustrating how such seemingly insignificant objects can embody complex themes within a narrative.
- Trimalchio, who was on the watch, ordered every trinket to be brought to him.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter - She always included some red trinket in her attire, in memory of her executed lover.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Cerfberr and Christophe - One thing he did not take, because he did not want it, and that was a little trinket containing their mother’s picture which Joe had always worn.
— from Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp by Percy Keese Fitzhugh - “Let me have your chain and rings, and any other trinket that will fetch money.
— from The Haute Noblesse: A Novel by George Manville Fenn - She was answered by having a small trinket-box placed before her, and being requested to chuse from among several gold chains and necklaces.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - Besides, upon the back of the trinket you may discover, perhaps, the very information you seem to desire.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe
