Country_of_the_Pointed_Firs

作者：Sarah Orne Jewett

播音：Betsie Bush

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TheCountryofthePointedFirs(1896)isconsideredJewett’sfinestwork,describedbyHenryJamesasher“beautifullittlequantumofachievement.”DespiteJames’sdiminutives,thenovelremainsaclassic.Becauseitislooselystructured,manycriticsviewthebooknotasanovel,butaseriesofsketches;however,itsstructureisunifiedthroughbothsettingandtheme.Jewettherselffeltthatherstrengthsasawriterlaynotinplotdevelopmentordramatictension,butincharacterdevelopment.Indeed,shedeterminedearlyinhercareertopreserveadisappearingwayoflife,andhernovelcanbereadasastudyoftheeffectsofisolationandhardshipontheinhabitantswholivedinthedecayingfishingvillagesalongtheMainecoast……