I am a long-handled tool used to gather fallen autumn leaves, but in classic literature, I am a scoundrel with terrible manners. What am I?
A rake
The puzzle uses a homonym that carries two completely different historical meanings. A rake is a common garden tool with tines used to gather autumn leaves into piles. Historically, 'rake' (short for rakehell) was also a prominent literary term for a dashing but immoral and unprincipled man.
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