Literary notes about page (AI summary)
In literature the term “page” carries a rich duality—sometimes it marks a physical location within a text and at other times it becomes a character or symbol in itself. Authors use numbered pages to guide readers through editions and revisions, as seen when page numbers help align texts across different publications ([1], [2], [3]). At the same time, “page” can evoke images of youthful attendants or symbols of service, as illustrated by characters bearing the name or role of a page ([4], [5]). Beyond its pragmatic functions, the printed page is imbued with metaphorical significance: it opens narratives with intimate notes or serves as a canvas where emotions and ideas are spread out, much like the evocative imagery on the unfolding page ([6], [7], [8]).
- Page and line numbers in the left margin refer to Bell; numbers in the right margin are from McKay.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid - On page 103, a quotation mark was added after "Tancrède,".
— from A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow - On page 230, "two, A.M." is spelled the same way, with the comma, in this book and in the 1869 novel (on page 272).
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott - Re-enter FALSTAFF in woman's clothes, and MISTRESS PAGE MRS.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - Two globe-shaped china dishes were brought in by a page.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - In its first page was written “Sybil, from a faithful friend.”
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - The dull light fell more faintly upon the page whereon another equation began to unfold itself slowly and to spread abroad its widening tail.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - " With that last thought Nancy roused herself from her reverie, and turned her eyes again towards the forsaken page.
— from Silas Marner by George Eliot