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The Country of the Pointed Firs

By: Sarah Orne Jewett
Narrated by: Cindy Hardin Killavey
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This superlative work by Sarah Orne Jewett, a late 19th century writer, shows great literary skill, artistry and charm. The Country of the Pointed Firs depicts the close personal and family relationships in a small New England village. In its appreciation of the natural beauty and restorative powers of a small community, it is similar to Thoreau's Walden.

Ahead of its time with an important social message, and written in the careful prose that marked 19th century literature, The Country of the Pointed Firs is an exciting and memorable narrative creation.

Please note: This is an historical recording. The audio quality represents the technology of the time when it was produced.

Public Domain (P)1986 Jimcin Recordings Classics Fiction Short Stories
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Cindy Hardin Killavey uses an alert and welcoming tone in her performance of Sarah Orne Jewett’s The Country of the Pointed Firs, which Henry James described as a "beautiful little quantum of achievement".

Jewett’s 1896 novella takes place in a Maine fishing village named Dunnet Landing. The story’s narrator has returned to the fishing village after getting to know it a few years earlier and finds a place to stay with a feisty widow, Mrs. Todd. As she spends time in Dunnet, she gets to know other local characters, like the aging seaman, Captain Littlemore, and Mrs. Todd’s shy, eccentric brother, William.

Killavey’s inflections change to accommodate the regional dialect employed in Jewett’s loving evocation of coastal Maine.

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A real classic which deserves to be better known

I loved hearing this book read aloud. For many years, since visiting Penobscot Bay in Maine, it has been one of my all time favourites. It is a fascinating and vivid description of life in a coastal village in the last decade of the 19th century.

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