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Literary notes about fascinating (AI summary)

The word "fascinating" is employed in literature to capture a wide range of effects—from describing a character’s captivating demeanor ([1], [2]) and the allure of intricate personalities ([3], [4]) to emphasizing the mesmerizing nature of settings and phenomena ([5], [6]). It appears both as a marker of deep intellectual or emotional appeal, as when scientific ideas or mystical moments are rendered compelling ([7], [8]), and as a qualifier that hints at the underlying charm or magnetism in conversations and narratives ([9], [10]). This versatility allows authors to underscore beauty, mystery, and even irony in their portrayals, enriching the texture of their storytelling.
  1. Diana says she has the loveliest fair curly hair and such fascinating eyes.
    — from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
  2. And Katerina Ivanovna will not in the end refuse such a fascinating man as Ivan.
    — from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  3. But he was exactly as fascinating as ever, and they had a lovely spring cleaning in the little house on the tree tops.
    — from Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie
  4. He granted himself personality, charm, magnetism, poise, the power of dominating all contemporary males, the gift of fascinating all women.
    — from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  5. It was a bewildering and fascinating place.
    — from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
  6. Since the curtain had fallen down, the window made a sort of gap, fascinating and terrible, on the dark landscape.
    — from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
  7. What a fascinating field of study lies in watching the play of its organism.
    — from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne
  8. There is something fascinating about science.
    — from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
  9. She could make fascinating and almost brilliant conversation out of the thinnest air that ever floated through a drawing-room.
    — from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  10. This title brought the most fascinating blushes on her countenance.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

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