Literary notes about wonderful (AI summary)
The term "wonderful" is employed across various works of literature to evoke a sense of enchantment, marvel, or even irony. It can describe tangible magical elements, as when a trunk gains the ability to fly ([1]) or when the sky displays astonishing cloud formations that captivate the eye ([2]). At times, it accentuates human qualities and imaginative feats, such as the unexpected agility of a character ([3]) or extraordinary intellectual command ([4]). In other contexts, authors use the word to underscore historical grandeur and mythological dimensions ([5], [6]), or to express a wistful lament for the magic of a bygone era ([7]). Thus, "wonderful" becomes a key stylistic device that layers narratives with awe, humor, and reflective commentary.
- It was a very wonderful trunk; no sooner did any one press on the lock than the trunk could fly.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen - And there rise in the sky deep masses of clouds, looking like herds of elephants and decked with wreaths of lightning that are wonderful to behold.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - “Hilli-ho!” cried old Fezziwig, skipping down from the high desk, with wonderful agility.
— from A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens - He has a wonderful command of language, and he makes his meaning clear by striking phrases, vigorous antitheses, anecdotes, and illustrations.
— from English Literature by William J. Long - At that time Krishna of wonderful deeds was residing at Mathura.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - Many great and wonderful deeds are recorded of your state in our histories.
— from Timaeus by Plato - “My life, too, has been a wonderful one.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy