Literary notes about racket (AI summary)
The term “racket” emerges in literature with a striking versatility, sometimes referring to a clamor of noise and chaos, and at other times denoting a specific object or even a name. In many narratives it captures the disruptive energy of a scene: from the uproar during a crowd’s reaction ([1], [2]) and the clamor of daily life or conflict ([3], [4], [5]) to subtle allusions in intimate, emotional exchanges ([6], [7]). Equally, “racket” appears as a physical object—a tennis racket in leisurely or dramatic moments ([8], [9], [10])—or as part of toponymic settings, lending a touch of character to places like the “Cat and Racket” ([11], [12], [13]). Through its varied usage across genres, authors employ “racket” to vividly evoke both the sensory impact of sound and the layered nuances of social and physical environments ([14], [15], [16]).
- Then there was a racket of ripping and tearing and smashing, and down she goes, and the front wall of the crowd begins to roll in like a wave.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - p a din and a racket that was worse than Bedlam itself.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain - Augustus was in bed asleep, but Marhall hammered on the door until he got up and come down, wanting to know what all the racket was about.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery - For a moment the alley resounded with the racket of the revolver, then absolute silence followed.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers - Pray, what's all that racket over our heads, Obadiah?—quoth my father;—my brother and I can scarce hear ourselves speak.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne - Racket and pleasure are a hindrance to meditation, and at this moment I am rapt in contemplation of you and your beloved image.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud - “You make a racket and let them in your room,” he suggested anxiously, “and I'll get her out by this door.”
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Putting them on, she sees the tennis racket on the table.
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell - (MADELINE loosens the paper and pulls out a tennis racket .)
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell - Then Madeline rushes in, and it ended in her pounding the policeman with her tennis racket.
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell - [At the Sign of the Cat and Racket.] CHEVREL, rich Parisian banker at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Cerfberr and Christophe - [At the Sign of the Cat and Racket.] He and his entire family were invited to the great ball given by Cesar Birotteau, December 17, 1818.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Cerfberr and Christophe - [At the Sign of the Cat and Racket.] GUILLAUME, servant of Marquis d'Aiglemont in 1823.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Cerfberr and Christophe - I meant to work this racket more and more, as time wore on, if nothing occurred to frighten me.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - They passed in out of sight and presently there was a most awe-inspiring racket in the wood.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane - De Las' Sack!'—inspired to unimaginable exaltation by the chaos of turmoil and racket that was driving everybody else mad.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
