The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories - Softcover

Jewett, Sarah Orne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 037575671X ISBN 13: 9780375756719

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2001

Synopsis

The story of an endearing, unlikely friendship set against the backdrop of a remote and beautiful Maine coastal town, The Country of the Pointed Firs is one of Sarah Orne Jewett's most loved works, and it quickly earned her a reputation as a talented writer upon its publication. Praised by Alice Brown for its "idyllic atmosphere of country life," Jewett's moving novel shows her intimate understanding of New England and its unique inhabitants, whose prickly exteriors often concealed a warm and loyal nature.

This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes four additional Dunnet Landing stories: "The Queen's Twin," "A Dunnet Shepherdess," "The Foreigner," and "William's Wedding."

About this title

From the Publisher:

Sarah Orne Jewett's place in American letters was assured when this acclaimed collection of stories about her native state of Maine was first published in 1896. Her crisp style and skillful observation of people and places gives her work lasting appeal.

From the Back Cover:

"Immense--it is the very life."
--Rudyard Kipling

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 037575671X
• ISBN 13: 9780375756719
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 273