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    The Old Apple Dealer (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
    The Old Apple Dealer (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
    The Old Apple Dealer (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
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    The Old Apple Dealer (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")

    By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
    The Old Apple Dealer (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Born in 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his historical tales and novels about American colonial society. After publishing The Scarlet Letter in 1850, its status as an instant bestseller allowed him to earn a living as a novelist. Full of dark romanticism, psychological complexity, symbolism, and cautionary tales, his work is still popular today. He has earned a place in history as one of the most distinguished American writers of the nineteenth century.

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      The Old Apple Dealer (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") - Nathaniel Hawthorne

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Old Apple Dealer (From Mosses From An Old Manse), by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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      Title: The Old Apple Dealer (From Mosses From An Old Manse)

      Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

      Posting Date: December 8, 2010 [EBook #9234] Release Date: November, 2005 First Posted: September 6, 2003 Last Updated: February 6, 2007

      Language: English

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      MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE

      By Nathaniel Hawthorne

      THE OLD APPLE DEALER

      The lover of the moral picturesque may sometimes find what he, seeks in a character which is nevertheless of too negative a description to be seized upon and represented to the imaginative vision by word-painting. As an instance, I remember an old man who carries on a little trade of gingerbread and apples at the depot of one of our railroads. While awaiting the departure of the cars, my observation, flitting to and fro among the livelier characteristics of the scene, has often settled insensibly upon this almost hueless object. Thus, unconsciously to myself and unsuspected by him, I have studied the old apple-dealer until he has become a naturalized citizen of my inner world. How little would he imagine—poor, neglected, friendless, unappreciated, and with little that demands appreciation—that the mental eye of an utter stranger has so often reverted to his figure! Many a noble form, many a

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