The country of the pointed firs and other stories

Sarah Orne Jewett

earliest edition we have, 1982 W W Norton & Co Ltd, 1986 300 pages

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"The story of an endearing unlikely friendship set against the backdrop of a remote and beautiful Maine coastal town, The Country of the Pointed Firs is one of Sarah Orne Jewett's most loved works, and it quickly earned her a reputation as a talented writer upon its publication. Praised by Alice Brown for its "idyllic atmosphere of country life," Jewett's novel shows her intimate understanding of New England and its...

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Editions we hold

The country of the pointed firs, and other stories edition · 2000 · New American Library · 234 pages
The country of the pointed firs and other stories edition · 2000 · Modern Library · 272 pages
The country of the pointed firs and other stories edition · 1997 · University Press Of New England · 286 pages
The country of the pointed firs and other stories edition · 1995 · Modern Library · 247 pages
The country of the pointed firs, and other stories edition · 1995 · Penguin Books · 269 pages
The country of the pointed firs and other stories edition · 1989 · Anchor Books · 320 pages
The Country of the Pointed Firs edition · 1986 · W W Norton & Co Ltd · 300 pages

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