The pearl of Orr's Island
Subtitle: a story of the coast of Maine
By: Harriet Beecher Stowe ; with a new foreword by Joan D. Hedrick.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
Subjects: Girls -- Fiction; Islands -- Fiction; Maine -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "The rural tranquillity of the lonely, pine-girthed shores of the Maine coast is the setting for this novel of conflicting aspirations written by one of the most prolific and influential writers in American history. Here is the story of a young girl's struggle to belong and fit in, in the face of adversity, and of her upbringing among strong women, grumpy fishermen, annoying gossips, sea captains, and the dreamlike, tempestuous landscape of Orr's Island.

The Pearl of Orr's Island is one of the forgotten - but not lost - masterpieces of American literature. It reflects Harriet Beecher Stowe's awareness of the complexity of small-town society, her commitment to realism, and her fluency in the local language."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1862.