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Author:

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.

Title:

The country of the pointed firs and other stories / Sarah Orne Jewett ; introduction by Anita Shreve ; new afterword by Peter Balaam.

Publisher:

Signet Classics,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xvii, 250 p. ; 17 cm.

Subject:

Women authors--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Maine--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Maine--Fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-250).

Contents:

The country of the pointed firs -- Four related stories. A Dunnet shepherdess -- The foreigner -- The queen's twin -- William's wedding.

Summary:

"In 1896 ... Sarah Orne Jewett published her finest work, The Country of the Pointed Firs, about a woman writer who retreats one summer to Dunnet Landing, a Maine seacoast town, to find seclusion to do her work. In the novel and stories collected here, Jewett explores the world of the lonely inhabitants of once-prosperous coastal towns, offering a detailed view of lives molded by the long Maine winters, by the surrounding rock-filled fields, and by strong, resourceful women."--p. [4] of cover.

ISBN:

0451531442 (pbk.)
9780451531445 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)465726741

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)