Publisher's Synopsis
In 1896, Sarah Orne Jewett died at the age of 47. This classic novel was a female writer looking for hermit and inspiration in the coastal city of Dunnet Landing in Maine. Returning to the collection of short stories by men and women in small towns in New England, this extraordinary work weaves a colorful and moving tapestry, shrouded in immense complexity, joy and beauty."The Country of the Pointed Firs" was first published in 1896 and was considered by Willa Cather as one of the three novels most likely to occupy a permanent place in the American literary canon: Tranquility ...In the distant future young students of American literature will pick up this book and say "Masterpiece!"
