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Country of the Pointed Firs, The by Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909)Author: LibriVox
The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewetts finest work, described by Henry James as her beautiful little quantum of achievement. Despite Jamess 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) Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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