Literary notes about tome (AI summary)
The word "tome" exhibits remarkable versatility in literature, its meaning shifting with context and language. In the Spanish works of Galdós, for example, it functions as an imperative verb commanding action—as in instructing someone to "take" something ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6])—while in English literature, "tome" often denotes a voluminous or weighty volume, as seen in bibliographic citations or discussions of literary editions ([7], [8], [9], [10]). In some narratives, such as those by Guy de Maupassant, "Tome" even emerges as a proper name, adding another layer of nuance ([11], [12], [13]). This multiplicity of uses—from a command in everyday dialogue to a term signifying substantial volumes of work—demonstrates the word’s adaptability across genres and languages, enriching its literary and cultural significance ([14], [15], [16], [17], [18]).
- Pepa, tome usted para que se compre un vestido.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós - —Tome usted más ensalada, señor Penitenciario—dijo doña Perfecta.—Está cargadita de mostaza, como a usted le gusta.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós - Florentina, tome usted para que coman una semana...."
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós - —No, no puedo creer que usted tome determinación tan brusca—dijo D. Cayetano, creyéndose obligado a tomar alguna parte en aquella cuestión.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós - La pobre Perfecta se impresionó tan vivamente, que nos hemos asustado; pero ya está mejor, y esta tarde hemos logrado que tome un sopicaldo.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós - Tome 10 usted el talón.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós - Tome I goes up to Novel LX VI (i.66); Volume I ends at Novel XL VI (i.46).
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Title Page of Tome 1 (lines shown in boldface printed in blackletter type)
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Title Page Text TOME I. Introductory Material separate file TITLE (FACSIMILE OF FIRST EDITION)
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - de l’Italie, tome 1., p. 233, plate 7.
— from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop - But Tome appeared to take no pleasure in it, and reached forth his hand very slowly, and with great precaution.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - Tome was conquered.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - Tome was uneasy, but answered nothing.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - Extracting a huge tome in which some by no means reticent mythological illustrations were contained, he set himself to examine these pictures.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol - Oeuvres complètes , tome VI, "Harmonies économiques," 9 e édition, p. 381.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Tome XI. Paris, 1907.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - "Bibliothèque scientifique internationale," Tome CVIII. Paris.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Revue Scientifique , October, 1900, reprinted in the four volume work of the author, Cultes, Mythes et Religions , 1908, Tome I, p. 17.
— from Totem and Taboo by Sigmund Freud