Country of the Pointed Firs
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · December 28, 2012
A Fiction pick for readers exploring Country of the Pointed Firs.
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- Who it’s for
- Jewett makes regional life feel intimate, with room for both a writing retreat and lively company.
- Genres
- The Classics, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, December 28, 2012
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Sarah Orne Jewett, who wrote the book when she was 47, was largely responsible for popularizing the regionalism genre with her sketches of the fictional Maine fishing village of Dunnet Landing. Like Jewett, the narrator is a woman, a writer, unattached, genteel in demeanor, intermittently feisty, and zealously protective of her time to write.
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The narrator removes herself from her landlady's company and writes in an empty schoolhouse, but she also continues to spend a great deal of time with Mrs. Todd, befriending her hostess and her hostess's family and friends.
Village and Solitude
Jewett makes regional life feel intimate, with room for both a writing retreat and lively company.
Come here for
- A writer’s eye on a fictional Maine fishing village
- The pull between solitude and good company
Expect
- Quiet, observant sketches of village life
- A narrator protective of her writing time, yet drawn to her hostess’s circle
Where it sits
| Literary Fiction | 70% |
|---|---|
| The Classics | 59% |
| Historical Fiction | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Authors
- Sarah Orne Jewett
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- December 28, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- The Classics