The Country of the Pointed Firs
The Country of the Pointed Firs, published in 1896, is Sarah Orne Jewett's portrait of Dunnet Landing, a small fishing town on the coast of Maine. A woman writer from the city comes to spend the summer there, lodging with Mrs. Almira Todd, a widow and herbalist who knows the secrets of every family. Through a series of linked sketches she meets the old sea captain Littlepage with his strange tale of a northern land, Mrs. Todd's gentle mother and shy brother William on Green Island, and hears the story of poor Joanna, who lived alone on a remote island, before attending a great family reunion. Quiet and precise, it is a classic of American regional writing. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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