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Country of the Pointed Firs

The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett’s finest work, described by Henry James as her “beautiful little quantum of achievement.” Despite James’s diminutives, the novel remains a classic. Because it is loosely structured, many critics view the book not as a novel, but a series of sketches; however, its structure is unified through both setting and theme. Jewett herself felt that her strengths as a writer lay not in plot development or dramatic tension, but in character development. Indeed, she determined early in her career to preserve a disappearing way of life, and her novel can be read as a study of the effects of isolation and hardship on the inhabitants who lived in the decaying fishing villages along the Maine coast.
(summary from Gutenberg e-text)

Year of Publication: 1896Genres: General Fiction

Running Time: 4 hours 25 minutes 23 seconds(20 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Marian Brown, Betsie Bush, Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)

#	Chapter Name
	The Return / Mrs. Todd Betsie Bush	11:20
	The Schoolhouse Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)	5:35
	At the Schoolhouse Window Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)	6:43
	Captain Littlepage James Smith	14:19
	The Waiting Place Frank	13:56
	The Outer Island Stephan Gambke	6:57
	Green Island Chip	21:58
	William Michael Shook	6:58
	Where Pennyroyal Grew Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)	10:50
	The Old Singers Patricia Oakley	8:04
	A Strange Sail Marian Brown	13:44
	Poor Joanna Marian Brown	20:15
	The Hermitage Marian Brown	14:14
	On Shell-heap Island Marian Brown	7:58
	The Great Expedition Patricia Oakley	12:40
	A Country Road Marian Brown	13:42
	The Bowden Reunion Michael Shook	26:28
	The Feast’s End Marian Brown	11:51
	Along Shore Betsie Bush	28:31
	The Backward View Betsie Bush	9:20