N.H. Feathertop ⋅ 41 ⋅
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Feathertop is a story about a man made of garbage. When he realizes what he is, he loses his lover and destroys himself by quitting the addictive habit that makes it possible for him to live.
There are thousands upon thousands of coxcombs and charlatans in the world, made up of just such a jumble of worn-out, forgotten, and good-for-nothing trash as he was! Yet they live in fair repute, and never see themselves for what they are.
