Reproduction of the original: The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
Filled with an eclectic cast of characters, the collection humanizes northeasterners from all walks of life.
Sarah Orne Jewett subsequently expanded and revised the text and added titles for the chapters. The novel was then published in book form in Boston and New York by Houghton, Mifflin and Company in November 1896.
"This is Miss Jewett's first novel, her former efforts having been confined to short stories. To a plot of unusual interest she brings, as a physician's daughter, a close familiarity...
How is this book unique?
The Country of the Pointed Firs is an 1896 novel by American writer Sarah Orne Jewett. It is considered by some literary critics to be her finest work.
We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Sarah Orne Jewett subsequently expanded and revised the text and added titles for the chapters. The novel was then published in book form in Boston and New York by Houghton, Mifflin and Company in November 1896.
Sarah Orne Jewett, who wrote the book when she was 47, was largely responsible for popularizing the regionalism genre with her sketches of the fictional Maine fishing village of Dunnet Landing.