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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]).
  1. 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
  2. On page 103, a quotation mark was added after "Tancrède,".
    — from A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow
  3. 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
  4. Re-enter FALSTAFF in woman's clothes, and MISTRESS PAGE MRS.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  5. Two globe-shaped china dishes were brought in by a page.
    — from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  6. In its first page was written “Sybil, from a faithful friend.”
    — from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli
  7. 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
  8. " 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

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