The Country of the Pointed Firs

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Sarah Orne Jewett

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Paperback / softback

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The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett's finest work, described by Henry James as her "beautiful little quantum of achievement." Despite James's diminutives, the novel remains a classic. Because it is loosely structured, many critics view the book not as a novel, but a series of sketches; however, its structure is unified through both setting and theme. Jewett herself felt that her strengths as a writer lay not in plot development or dramatic tension, but in character development. Indeed, she determined early in her career to preserve a disappearing way of life, and her novel can be read as a study of the effects of isolation and hardship on the inhabitants who lived in the decaying fishing villages along the Maine coast. Jewett died in 1909, eight years after an accident that effectively ended her writing career. Her reputation had grown during her lifetime, extending far beyond the bounds of the New England she loved.

Release date Australia

June 14th, 2016

Author

Sarah Orne Jewett

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

Illustrations, black and white

Pages

Dimensions

178x254x4

ISBN-13

9781534688940

Product ID

37554699

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