Literary notes about corner (AI summary)
The term "corner" appears multifariously in literature, functioning both as a literal marker of spatial boundaries and as a symbolic pivot point in a narrative. It often designates physical settings—from the secluded nook in a wagon [1] or a shadowed recess by a bed [2] to the more dynamic turning point of a street [3]—while simultaneously evoking emotional states such as isolation or hesitation [4]. At times, it encapsulates a moment of transition, whether in discreetly observed gestures [5] or as a stage for personal confession or revelation [6]. In works that intertwine the tangible with the metaphorical, "corner" thereby enriches the narrative, providing not only a backdrop but also a metaphor for confinement, introspection, or an impending change in a character’s fate [7][8].
- After allowing me a sufficient time to inspect the puppets, he advanced with a bow and drew my attention to some books in a corner of the wagon.
— from Twice-told tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne - In the little corner, where his bed lay, he was over-shadowed as it were by perpetual night.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen - You must leave this place at once, my carriage is waiting at the corner of the street.
— from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde - He settled himself in a corner and sat waiting, though he knew not what he expected.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Then I went back and looked round the corner.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - Then she begged him to be happy with somebody else, but always keep a little corner of his heart for his loving sister Jo.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - It simply was that we were such egoists, so self-engrossed, so wrapped up in ourselves that we hadn’t a corner in our hearts for anybody else.
— from Bliss, and other stories by Katherine Mansfield - Monte Cristo gently smiled and said,—“I was there;” at the same time pointing to the corner of a street.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
