The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

by Jewett, Sarah Orne; Chase, Mary Ellen; Pryse, Marjorie

• ISBN13: 9780393311372
• ISBN10: 0393311376
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1982-05-17
• Publisher: Ingram Book Co

Summary

A classic of American fiction, memorializing the traditions, manners and dialect of Maine coast natives at the turn of the 20th century. In luminous evocations of their lives, Maine-born Jewett created startlingly real portraits of individual New Englanders, and a warm, humorous and compassionate vision of New England character.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Norton Edition	v
Sarah Orne Jewett and Her Coast of Maine, An Introduction	xxiii
Mary Ellen Chase
THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS
The Return	1	(2)
Mrs. Todd	3	(5)
The Schoolhouse Window	8	(4)
At the Schoolhouse Window	12	(4)
Captain Littlepage	16	(6)
The Waiting Place	22	(6)
The Outer Island	28	(3)
Green Island	31	(11)
William	42	(4)
Where Pennyroyal Grew	46	(5)
The Old Singers	51	(4)
A Strange Sail	55	(7)
Poor Joanna	62	(10)
The Hermitage	72	(7)
On Shell-heap Island	79	(4)
The Great Expedition	83	(5)
A Country Road	88	(7)
The Bowden Reunion	95	(13)
The Feast's End	108	(5)
Along Shore	113	(15)
The Backward View	128	(99)
A Dunnet Shepherdess	135	(22)
The Foreigner	157	(32)
The Queen's Twin	189	(24)
William's Wedding	213	(14)
A White Heron	227	(14)
Miss Tempy's Watchers	241	(14)
Martha's Lady	255	(24)
Aunt Cynthy Dallett	279