Country of the Pointed Firs

By Jewett, Sarah Orne

Book Id: WPLBN0002952245
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Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Country of the Pointed Firs
Author:	Jewett, Sarah Orne
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, History
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Country of the Pointed Firs; by Sarah Orne Jewett
Historic Publication Date:	1896
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Orne Jewett, B. S. (1896). Country of the Pointed Firs. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

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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. (summary from Gutenberg e-text)

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