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The Country of the Pointed Firs

The Country of the Pointed Firs

Sarah Orne Jewett

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Neeland Media
Año de edición:
2005
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Ficción clásica
ISBN:
9781420925180
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Set in Dunnet Landing, Maine in a summer of the late 1800s, 'The Country of the Pointed Firs', is the story of a female writer seeking isolation and inspiration for her writing in a small coastal New England town. Rich with the dialect of the region and the culture of the time 'The Country of the Pointed Firs' is an intimate examination of the relationships amongst the members of a rural New England fishing village in the late 1800s.

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