The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Fiction by Sarah Orne Jewett (Author), Terry Heller (Editor)

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The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Fiction by Sarah Orne Jewett (Author), Terry Heller (Editor)ISBN: 9780192831903 Publisher : Oxford University Press, April 11, 1996 Paperback, 386 pages The Country of the Pointed Firs combines Jewett's classic novella and its four short sequels with nine of her best stories, including five unavailable in any other paperback edition. They illustrate the range of her literary style and exemplify her interest in the position of women in nineteenth century America. Terry Heller's introduction examines the work

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The book traces the personal and intellectual histories of six remarkable women through the use of a rich cocktail of new archival sources

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