{"product_id":"2940014443951","title":"The Country of the Pointed Firs (THE GREAT CLASSICS LIBRARY)","description":"The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett's finest work, described by Henry James as her \"beautiful little quantum of achievement.\" Despite James's diminutives, the novel remains a classic. Because it is loosely structured, many critics view the book not as a novel, but a series of sketches; however, its structure is unified through both setting and theme. Jewett herself felt that her strengths as a writer lay not in plot development or dramatic tension, but in character development. Indeed, she determined early in her career to preserve a disappearing way of life, and her novel can be read as a study of the effects of isolation and hardship on the inhabitants who lived in the decaying fishing villages along the Maine coast.","brand":"Revenant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083901157616,"sku":"2940014443951","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014443951_p0.jpg?v=1763617894","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014443951","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}