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A Select Party

by Hawthorne Nathaniel

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Author: Hawthorne Nathaniel

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A Select Party is considered to be a classical romance story written by an outstanding American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne. The plot of the story is very bright and vivid, the characters are well drawn and seem to be alive. The book is definitely recommended for all readers who want to dive into the life of New England in the nineteenth century.

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...of evening mist, thereby muffling the too potent glow and soothing it into a mild andcomfortable splendor. It was like the brilliancy of a powerful yetchastened imagination, --a light which seemed to hide whatever wasunworthy to be noticed and give effect to every beautiful and nobleattribute. The guests, therefore, as they advanced up the centre ofthe saloon, appeared to better advantage than ever before in theirlives. The first that entered, with old-fashioned punctuality, was avenerable figure in the costume of bygone days, with his white hairflowing down over his shoulders and a reverend beard upon hisbreast. He leaned upon a staff, the tremulous stroke of which, ashe set it carefully upon the floor, re-echoed through the saloon atevery footstep. Recognizing at once this celebrated personage, whomit had cost him a vast deal of trouble and research to discover, thehost advanced nearly three fourths of the distance down between thepillars to meet and welcome him. "Venerable sir, "...

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