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Literary notes about house (AI summary)

The word “house” in literature takes on a range of meanings, evoking both physical shelter and rich symbolic significance. It often serves as the center of social life and familial connection, such as when gatherings and intimate moments occur within one's own house [1, 2, 3]. In other works, the house becomes a repository of hidden histories and mysteries—a structure concealing secret treasures or eerie memories [4, 5, 6]. Moreover, the term extends beyond the literal to represent political institutions and social order, as seen in references to a ruling House or the home of influential figures [7, 8]. Whether as a setting of palpable human drama or a symbol of broader cultural forces, the house consistently embodies a convergence of personal and collective identity.
  1. We have managed matters so prudently that my husband has taken a great fancy to the Count, and he dines frequently at our house.
    — from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous
  2. In my curiosity I followed her into the house, to a room on the first floor, where she welcomed me most tenderly.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  3. “You have nothing to fear,” she said to me; “my father has arrived in excellent health, and everyone in the house is fast asleep.”
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  4. What was [Pg 30] his surprise to find the house was built over the vault of an old church, and that the vault contained considerable treasure.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  5. Then she came to a little old house, and much grass had grown all about it, and a small heap of wood lay in front of it.
    — from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
  6. He went up the stairs, in dread of the empty house—the horrible emptiness that made his heart ring with insanity.
    — from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence
  7. Lord Peterborough presented a petition to the House from W. Joyce: and a great dispute, we hear, there was in the House for and against it.
    — from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys
  8. This remark is no less applicable to the relation which will subsist between the House of Representatives and the Senate.
    — from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and James Madison

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