The country of the pointed firs and other stories

By Sarah Orne Jewett

Subjects: Women authors, Maine, fiction, Manners and customs, Authors, fiction, Female friendship, Fiction, Social life and customs, Fiction, religious, Fiction, psychological

Description: "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."--Page 4 of cover.