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Book Reviews of The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
Author: Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary Ellen Chase (Editor)
ISBN-13: 9780393000481
ISBN-10: 0393000486
Publication Date: 2/5/1986
Pages: 296
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: W.W. Norton Company Ltd.
Book Type: Paperback
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bookgoddessme avatar reviewed The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories on + 106 more book reviews
Entertaining throughout. Sweet, sentimental stories that harken us back to a time long ago. If you enjoy turn of the century tales chock full of wonderful details, and empathy for life at that time, you will be pleased. Has a slow but steady pace. Ahab's Wife would be a great companion book to this. Recommend. Flows quickly.
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From the back cover:

First published in 1896, The Country of the Pointed Firs has grown in reputation and readership and has now achieved recognition as a classic of American Literature. This edition of the novel also includes the four "dunnet Landing" stories that properly belong with The Country of the Pointed Firs: "A Dunnet Shepherdess," "The Foreigner," "The Queen's Twin," "William's Wedding," and four more tales: "A White Heron," "Miss Tempy's Watchers," "Martha's Lady," and "Aunt Cynthy Dallet."
mizPJ avatar reviewed The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories on + 172 more book reviews
Truly a gem