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Literary notes about arrangement (AI summary)

Across literary works, “arrangement” is employed to denote a spectrum of meanings from literal order to abstract formation. In some texts it refers to a precise ordering or configuration, whether that be in numerical puzzles [1] or in the deliberate planning of physical objects, such as a boat carriage [2] or a room’s decor [3]. In other contexts, writers invoke “arrangement” to describe structured plans or interpersonal agreements, ranging from the organization of reels in a conversation [4] and matrimonial negotiations [5] to broader reflections on the patterned forces of life [6]. Authors also use the term to signal both the aesthetic layout of elements [7] and the intricate details of social or political schemes [8], [9], showcasing its versatility in conveying both concrete and metaphorical order.
  1. Move them thus: 4, 1, 2, 4, 1, 6, 7, 1, 5, 8, 1, 5, 6, 7, 5, 6, 4, 2, 7, and you have the arrangement in the second square.
    — from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
  2. General arrangement of the boat carriage.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  3. The reflected radiance served to show, pretty distinctly, the aspect and arrangement of the room which Hepzibah entered, after descending the stairs.
    — from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  4. " "What? meaning to stand?" said Mr. Cadwallader, going on with the arrangement of the reels which he had just been turning.
    — from Middlemarch by George Eliot
  5. I had another and as important an arrangement to conclude, I mean with respect to Marcoline.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  6. Droll thing life is—that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose.
    — from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
  7. Its marvellous effect lay altogether in its artistic arrangement as a picture.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe
  8. “It appears to me the most desirable arrangement in the world.”
    — from Emma by Jane Austen
  9. All their attention seems employed on finding a reasonable arrangement of life, and on avoiding all inconveniences.
    — from On Love by Stendhal

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