Sarah Orne Jewett
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Sarah Orne Jewett
1896
Novel
Fiction
A first-person narrator who experiences the events herself narrates The Country of the Pointed Firs from her perspective.
The Country of the Pointed Firs is narrated in the past tense.
The Country of the Pointed Firs is sometimes referred to as a novel and sometimes categorized as a collection of character sketches. It takes place in a small fishing community in Maine in the later part of the 19th century and describes the people and settings in vivid detail. The work is typical of Sarah Orne Jewett's (1849–1909) flair for local color, or capturing the essence of a particular setting, most often Maine.
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