The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

Author:   Sarah Orne Jewett ,  Anita Shreve ,  Peter Balaam
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
ISBN:  

9780451531445


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   03 November 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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A rich collection of classic American literature potraying the beauty of a 19th-century New England town. A female writer comes one summer to Dunnet Landing, a Maine seacoast town, where she follows the lonely inhabitants of once-prosperous coastal communities. Here, lives are molded by the long Maine winters, rock-filled fields and strong resourceful women. Throughout Sarah Orne Jewett's novel and stories, these quiet tales of a simpler American life capture the inspirational in the everyday- the importance of honest friendships, the value of family, and the gift of community. ""Their counterparts are in every village in the world, thank heaven, and the gift to one's life is only in its discernment.""

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Author:   Sarah Orne Jewett ,  Anita Shreve ,  Peter Balaam
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Signet
Dimensions:   Width: 10.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 17.10cm
Weight:   0.153kg
ISBN:  

9780451531445


ISBN 10:   0451531442
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   03 November 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

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The young student of American Literature in far distant years to come will take up this book and say 'a masterpiece.' --Will Cather


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


Immense it is the very life. Rudyard Kipling


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


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Sarah Orne Jewett was born in Maine on September 3, 1849, and grew up in the small town of South Berwick, where she was to spend the principle part of her life. Ill health prevented her from fulfilling her ambition to become a doctor; she turned to writing instead. Her first story was published when she was eighteen, and her literary production continued unabated until a crippling carriage accident in 1902 ended her creative career. She died on June 24, 1909, leaving behind a remarkable literary legacy.

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