The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories de Sarah Orne Jewett

The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

Sarah Orne Jewett

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 oct 1995

The masterpiece that established Sarah Orne Jewett among the consummate stylists of nineteenth-century American fiction

Composed in a series of beautiful web-like sketches, the novel is narrated by a young woman writer who leaves the city to work one summer in the Maine seaport of Dunnet Landing, and stays with the herbalist Mrs. Almira Todd. She writes a New England idyll rooted in friendship, particularly female friendship, weaving stories and conversations, imagery of sea, sky and earth, the tang of salt air and aromatic herbs into an organic "fiction of community" in which themes and form are exquisitely matched. To quote Willa Cather: "The 'Pointed Fir' sketches are living things caught in the open, with light and freedom and air spaces about them. They melt into the land and the life of the land until they are not stories at all, but life itself."

This edition, introduced by Alison Easton, also includes ten of Sarah Orne Jewett's short stories, among them "The Queen's Twin," "The Foreigner" and "William's Wedding," set in Dunnet Landing.

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	Preț	Express
Paperback (3)	38^.61 lei 3-5 săpt.
Random House – 3 noi 2009	38^.61 lei 3-5 săpt.
Penguin Books – 25 oct 1995	82^.83 lei 3-5 săpt.
KUPERARD (BRAVO LTD) – 2 aug 2001	114^.54 lei 3-5 săpt.

Preț

Express

Paperback (3)

38^.61 lei 3-5 săpt.

Random House – 3 noi 2009

38^.61 lei 3-5 săpt.

Penguin Books – 25 oct 1995

82^.83 lei 3-5 săpt.

KUPERARD (BRAVO LTD) – 2 aug 2001

114^.54 lei 3-5 săpt.

Descriere

Composed in a series of web-like sketches, this novel is narrated by a young woman writer who leaves the city to work one summer in the Maine seaport of Dunnet Landing. She writes a New England idyll rooted in friendship, weaving stories and conversations, the tang of salt air and aromatic herbs into an organic 'fiction of community'.

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Willa Cather's assessment of The Country of the Pointed Firs has done much to ensure a growing recognition of its qualities. In this novella, a writer moves to the quiet Maine village of Dunnel Landing, seeking a hermitage away from the busy city. Instead of isolation she discovers a rich community that exercises and extends her powers as an observer and conversationalist. She returns to the city refreshed, her vision broader and her relationships strengthened. This volume combines Jewett's classic novella and its four short sequels with nine more of her best stories, illustrating the range of her literary style and exemplifying her interest in the position of women in nineteenth-century America. Terry Heller's introduction examines Jewett's work within the mainstream of American literature. Useful annotation, plus a helpful list of the plant and herb lore to which Jewett makes frequent reference, further illuminate her stories for the reader.