The country of the pointed firs
Subtitle: and, The Dunnet Landing stories
By: Sarah Orne Jewett ; edited by Deborah Carlin
Contributors: Carlin, Deborah, 1958-
Series: Broadview editions; Broadview editions
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781551118345
Subjects: Country life; Seaside resorts; Fiction
Other titles: Dunnet Landing stories
Description: "A sharply observed, affectionate, and unsentimental portrait of life in a Maine fishing village, The Country of the Pointed Firs is Sarah Orne Jewett's most enduring work, and commonly regarded as the finest example of American regionalist literature in the nineteenth century. It was originally published in four installments of the Atlantic Monthly in 1896; this Broadview Edition is based on the Atlantic serialization and also includes the four other stories set in Dunnet Landing. The critical introduction situates the text in its historical, cultural, and literary milieu, attending to its place in Jewett's oeuvre and in her biography. Appendices include earlier "local color" writing by Jewett and others, Jewett's letters, and contemporary reviews of the novel."--Publisher's website.
Notes: The country of the pointed firs was originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1896.  The Dunnet Landing stories are comprised of 2 stories which appeared in The queen's twin and other stories (Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1899), one which appeared in Atlantic monthly (1900) and one left unfinished at the author's death and which was published in the same magazine in August 1910.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293).