{"product_id":"9781411431676","title":"The Country of the Pointed Firs and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Country of the Pointed Firs and Selected Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eSarah Orne Jewett\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven the title of \u003cb\u003eSarah Orne Jewett\u003c\/b\u003e’s most celebrated work seems to revel in the love of landscape and language that flows through it. Though nominally a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Country of the Pointed Firs\u003c\/i\u003e lacks the coherent, unifying plot of more traditional books. Instead, Jewett creates a mosaic of tales and character sketches, all set in the fictional Maine fishing hamlet of Dunnet Landing. The unnamed narrator, an unmarried female writer (like Jewett herself), has come to the town seeking a summer of solitude and work. But she’s drawn to the villagers she meets. Most of them are over sixty, alone, and covering a roiling inner ocean of feeling with a craggy exterior as rocky as the ragged coastline. Entranced by their stories, she allows them to enter her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the book first appeared, Willa Cather prophesied that the “young students of American literature in far distant years to come will take up this book and say ‘a masterpiece.’” Now, more than a century later, Cather’s words resonate more urgently than ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition also includes “A White Heron,” “A Winter Courtship,” “A Native of Winby,” and several other of Jewett’s cogent short stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTed Olson\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, and the author of \u003ci\u003eBlue Ridge Folklife\u003c\/i\u003e (University Press of Mississippi, 1998).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138286665968,"sku":"9781411431676","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411431676_p0.jpg?v=1763722966","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411431676","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}