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Literary notes about rural (AI summary)

The term rural is used in literature to evoke both an idealized pastoral charm and a tangible sense of place rooted in agrarian life. Writers employ it to capture the simplicity and sometimes the tranquility of countryside existence, as seen in descriptions of a serene landscape and humble architecture ([1],[2]). At the same time, the word functions as a precise sociological marker, distinguishing community structure and lifestyle in juxtaposition to urban environments ([3],[4],[5]). In narrative settings, rural not only sets the scene for pastoral beauty and folklore ([6],[7]) but also reflects the everyday realities of labor, habitation, and even isolation ([8],[9]).
  1. The fragrance of the late blossoms seemed an emanation of the tranquil scene, a landscape tutored to the last degree of rural elegance.
    — from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
  2. It was humble enough in its appearance for the most pastoral poet; and yet it had a pleasing rural look.
    — from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving
  3. (3) Vandervelde, É. L'exode rural el le retour aux champs.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  4. [240] It is at once apparent that the rural community has been more carefully studied than has the urban community.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  5. Contemporaneously with this marvellous growth of urban centers we observe a progressive depopulation of the rural districts.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  6. Such is the fate of artless Maid, Sweety flow'ret of the rural shade!
    — from Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway
  7. Such a rural Queen All Arcadia hath not seen.
    — from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton
  8. Rural mechanics too idle to mechanize, rural servants too rebellious to serve, drifted or were forced into Mixen Lane.
    — from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
  9. He was near the river, and in the country; it was a region of fine rural seats—not the sort of district to welcome clothes like his.
    — from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

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