Research Catalog

Title

The country of the pointed firs : and, The Dunnet Landing stories / Sarah Orne Jewett ; edited by Deborah Carlin.

Author

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909

Publication

Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, 2010.

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Additional Authors

Carlin, Deborah, 1958-2016.

Description

293 p. : ports.; 22 cm.

Summary

"A sharply observed, affectionate, and unsentimental portrait of life in a Maine fishing village, The Country of the Pointed Firs is Sarah Orne Jewett's most enduring work, and commonly regarded as the finest example of American regionalist literature in the nineteenth century. It was originally published in four installments of the Atlantic Monthly in 1896; this Broadview Edition is based on the Atlantic serialization and also includes the four other stories set in Dunnet Landing. The critical introduction situates the text in its historical, cultural, and literary milieu, attending to its place in Jewett's oeuvre and in her biography. Appendices include earlier "local color" writing by Jewett and others, Jewett's letters, and contemporary reviews of the novel."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

Broadview editions

Uniform Title

Broadview editions.

Alternative Title

Dunnet Landing stories

Subject

• Seaside resorts > Fiction
• Country life > Fiction
• Maine > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Psychological fiction.
• Pastoral fiction
• Fiction
• Psychological fiction

Note

• The country of the pointed firs originally published in four installments in Atlantic monthly in 1896.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Queen's Twin (1899) -- A Dunnet Shepherdess (1899) -- The Foreigner (1900) -- William's Wedding (1910).

ISBN

• 9781551118345
• 1551118343

OCLC

• 430651913
• SCSB-10838545

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library