Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -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.
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01 – The Return / 02 – Mrs. Todd
January 02, 2024 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
03 – The Schoolhouse
January 01, 2024 00:00 - 5 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
04 – At the Schoolhouse Window
December 31, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
05 – Captain Littlepage
December 30, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
06 – The Waiting Place
December 29, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
07 – The Outer Island
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
10 – Where Pennyroyal Grew
December 25, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
11 – The Old Singers
December 24, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
12 – A Strange Sail
December 23, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
14 – The Hermitage
December 21, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
15 – On Shell-heap Island
December 20, 2023 00:00 - 7 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
16 – The Great Expedition
December 19, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
17 – A Country Road
December 18, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
18 – The Bowden Reunion
December 17, 2023 00:00 - 26 minutes - 11.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
19 – The Feast’s End
December 16, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
21 – The Backward View
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 9 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com