Sarah Orne Jewett: Novels and Stories…book review

by Richard Subber | Dec 10, 2024 | Book reviews, Books, Human Nature, Joys of reading, Language, Reflections

give “…Pointed Firs” a try

Book review:

Sarah Orne Jewett: Novels and Stories

by Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909)

New York: Literary Classics of the United States, 1994

937 pages

Never heard of Sarah Orne Jewett? Give her prose a try.

Jewett’s characters are persuasively human—they are credible if not always completely likable. Her prose offers recurring truths about the human condition. It’s easy to feel good about her storytelling.

This Novels and Stories collection of course includes “The Country of the Pointed Firs,” Jewett’s first-rate short novel. You’ll also find “Deephaven,” the Dunnet Landing stories, and others.

“…Pointed Firs” is an 1896 novel that describes some of the people and places of coastal Maine, and tells their stories with comfortable familiarity, reflective insight, and respectful love.

Can an old fisherman’s consuming memories of his departed wife bring tears to your eyes?

Read the story and find out.

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