The Gilded Age, Part 1.
Mark Twain Charles Dudley Warner · English
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The Gilded Age, Part 1.
Mark Twain Charles Dudley Warner · English
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CHAPTER I. June 18—. Squire Hawkins sat upon the pyramid of large blocks, called the "stile," in front of his house, contemplating the morning. The locality was Obedstown, East Tennessee. You would not know that Obedstown stood on the top of a mountain, for there was nothing about the landscape to indicate it—but it did: a mountain that stretched abroad over whole counties, and rose very gradually. The district was called the "Knobs of East Tennessee," and had a reputation like Naz
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