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The Country of the Pointed Firs: A Classic Portrait of New England Life and Community
Paperback
Classic FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617206955
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Apr 26 2012
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A quiet and carefully observed work of American regional fiction centred on place, community, and continuity. In The Country of the Pointed Firs, Sarah Orne Jewett presents a sequence of interconnected sketches set in a coastal Maine village, where daily life unfolds through conversation, memory, and shared experience.
The narrative is shaped less by plot than by accumulation, with attention given to character, environment, and the rhythms of local life. Jewett's prose is restrained and precise, allowing detail to carry significance without overt emphasis. The work develops through encounters that reveal the structure of the community and the relationships that sustain it.
Regarded as a central example of American regional writing, the book remains notable for its clarity, tonal control, and sustained attention to ordinary experience. It continues to be read for its portrayal of place and its contribution to the development of American literary realism.
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