Literary notes about bodega (AI summary)
In literature, the term bodega often carries a dual significance, describing both a literal storage space for goods like wine and a broader cultural or geographical locale. It appears as a repository where commodities are safely kept, as when wine finds a home in a bodega [1] or when a character insists on visiting it before proceeding [2]. Moreover, narrative settings thrive on its coastal and communal connotations: bodega can denote not only the modest market or warehouse seen in urban or rural backdrops [3] but also a significant geographical marker along the seacoast, as depicted by the discovery of Bodega Bay [4] or a coastal point where land and sea converge [5]. This layered usage enriches storytelling by infusing practical, historical, and atmospheric dimensions into the narrative landscape.
- The corn goes to the owner's granary, the wine to his bodega, and all is soon safely housed within the city walls.
— from Wild Spain (España agreste)Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Abel Chapman - BUTTARELLI: Todo se andará, mas antes It will be done, but first, dejadme ir a la bodega.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla - 7 On his way home from the office Stanley Burnell stopped the buggy at the Bodega, got out and bought a large bottle of oysters.
— from Bliss, and other stories by Katherine Mansfield - Bodega, in his thirty-six foot schooner, reached 58°, and on the way discovered Bodega Bay.
— from The Colonization of North America, 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton - In the evening we reached a little mountain brook, which, after winding through a ravine, falls into the sea at Port Romanzow, or Bodega.
— from A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 by Otto von Kotzebue
