num_pages: 179
description: Modeled in part on Flaubert's sketches of life in provincial France, this collection of stories offers a richly detailed portrait of a seaport on the Maine coast as seen through the eyes of a summer visitor. Against evocative imagery of the sky, the sea, and the earth itself, Jewett celebrates the friendships shared by the town's women, capturing the spirit of community that sustains the declining town.
language: English
title: The Country of the Pointed Firs
titlecomplete: The Country of the Pointed Firs
genres: American, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Novels, Literature, Historical Fiction, Novella, Classics, Short Stories, 19th Century
ratings_count: 3826
places: Maine
publisher: Thorndike Press