American novel is the answer.
<span>Read the excerpt from Montaigne's "To the Reader" and answer the question. Had my intention been to seek the world's favour, I should surely have adorned myself with borrowed beauties: I desire therein to be viewed as I appear in mine own genuine, simple, and ordinary manner, without study and artifice: for it is myself I paint. The metaphor implied in these lines suggests to readers that they will find Montaigne's writing style unadorned. To be "genuine, simple and ordinary manners" suggests an unadorned writing style reflectling his own modest behaviour.</span>
The word "win's" means winds.
Answer: The moral of the story of King Midas and the golden touch was that one should never be greedy in life because the wish of being greedy does not give fruitful returns in the future.
Explanation: King Midas discovers that the ability to turn objects into gold is more of a curse than a blessing.