In Literature
American novelist Louisa May Alcott referred to a rocking chair in this passage from her novel Little Women; "I shall lie abed late, and do nothing," replied Meg, from the depths of the rocking chair."
Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery referred to a rocking chair in this passage from her novel Anne of The Island; “Anne and Priscilla and Phil had awaited her advent rather dubiously; but when Aunt Jamesina was enthroned in the rocking chair before the open fire they figuratively bowed down and worshipped her”.
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