Literary notes about arrived (AI summary)
In literature, "arrived" functions as both a simple indicator of entering a new location and a powerful narrative pivot that sets events into motion. Authors use it to mark precise moments—sometimes with the clinical punctuality found in [1] and [2]—and at other times to herald dramatic turns in the plot, as in the enchanted thresholds of [3] or the romantic fates in [4]. The word bridges different contexts, from historical accounts ([5], [6]) to introspective epiphanies ([7]), underscoring transitions that range from the mundane ("It arrived" [8]) to the deeply symbolic. In each instance, "arrived" not only provides a temporal or spatial anchor but also propels the narrative forward, inviting readers into new realms of action and insight.
- Who knew what would have saved him? Lydgate arrived at half-past ten, in time to witness the final pause of the breath.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - It was ten o'clock by the time he arrived.
— from White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - And it came to pass that he arrived before a castle which was enchanted.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - Claudio, on the other hand, no sooner arrived at Messina than he fell in love with Hero, the daughter of Leonato, Governor of Messina.
— from Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit and William Shakespeare - Napoleon arrived here April 15th, and left July 21st, returning with Josephine viâ Pau, Tarbes, Auch, Montauban, Agen, Bordeaux, Rochefort, Nantes.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I - He arrived at Samarkand in September, 1255.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - From long habit the train of thoughts ran so swiftly through my mind, that I arrived at the conclusion without being conscious of intermediate steps.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle - It arrived.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. Lewis