The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
"The Country of the Pointed Firs" is a series of sketches about life in a small coastal town in Maine. The narrator, a woman writer who is spending the summer in the town, introduces readers to the local characters and their stories. The book explores themes of community, solitude, time, and the natural world, painting a vivid picture of rural life at the turn of the 20th century.
The 1797th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1896
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 160-300
- Words
- 41,029
- Original Language
- English
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This book is on the following lists:
- 44th on D. G. Myers’ 50 Greatest English Language Novels (D. G. Myers)
- The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- The New York Public Library's Books of the Century (New York Public Library)