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"After Apple-Picking" is a poem by American poet Robert Frost. It was published in 1914 in North of Boston , Frost's second poetry collection. [ 1 ] The poem, 42 lines in length, does not strictly follow a particular form (instead consisting of mixed iambs), nor does it follow a standard rhyme scheme.
In 1990, Bantam Books collected most of the stories from R Is for Rocket (1962) and The Golden Apples of the Sun into a semi-omnibus edition titled Classic Stories 1. In 1997, Avon Books printed a new edition of the omnibus, titling it The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories .
Fruit picking or fruit harvesting is a seasonal activity (paid or recreational) that occurs during harvest time in areas with fruit growing wild or being farmed in orchards. Some farms market " You-Pick " for orchards, such as the tradition of Apple and Orange picking in North America, as a form of value-add agritourism .
First edition (publ. Harcourt Brace) The Golden Apples is a short story collection with seven stories written by Eudora Welty, first published in 1949.The stories form an interrelated cycle, which explores the economic and social plight of the fictional Morgana Mississippi: [1] “Shower of Gold”; “June Recital”; “Sir Rabbit”; “Moon Lake”; “The Whole World Knows”; “Music ...
In 1958, critic Alfred Kazin referred to In Dubious Battle and The Grapes of Wrath as "his most powerful books," contrasting them with Cannery Row and The Wayward Bus. President Barack Obama told the New York Times that it was his favorite book by Steinbeck. [3] The novel likely recounts a fruit worker strike that occurred in Tulare County ...
Apple: Skin to the Core is a Junior Library Guild book [2] and was generally well-received, including starred reviews from Booklist [3] and Shelf Awareness. [4]Kirkus Reviews called the book "[a] rare and special read," [5] while School Library Journal called it "bittersweet but ultimately inspiring."
The Orchard Keeper is set during the inter-war period in and around the hamlet of Red Branch, a small, isolated mountain community in Tennessee.The story revolves around three characters: Uncle Arthur Ownby, an isolated woodsman, who lives beside a rotting apple orchard; John Wesley Rattner, a young mountain boy; and Marion Sylder, an outlaw and bootlegger.
It is the third and best-known of three books featuring the Makepeace sisters, Charlotte and Emma, [1] sometimes known as the Aviary Hall books. [2] The story follows a girl starting at boarding school who finds one morning she has traveled mysteriously back more than 40 years and is known as Clare. Charlotte and Clare change places each night ...