The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

<p><strong>A rich collection of classic American literature potraying the beauty of a 19th-century New England town.</strong><br /><br />A female writer comes one summer to Dunnet Landing, a Maine seacoast town, where she follows the lonely inhabitants of once-prosperous coastal communities. Here, lives are molded by the long Maine winters, rock-filled fields and strong resourceful women. <br /><br />Throughout Sarah Orne Jewett's novel and stories, these quiet tales of a simpler American life capture the inspirational in the everyday: the importance of honest friendships, the value of family, and the gift of community.<br /><br /><em>"Their counterparts are in every village in the world, thank heaven, and the gift to one's life is only in its discernment."</em></p>