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| In the life of each of us, I said to myself, there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness. |
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| Sarah Orne Jewett |
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| 1849–1909, American novelist and short-story writer, b. South Berwick, Maine. Her studies of small-town New England life are perceptive, sympathetic, and gently humorous. After contributing to periodicals, she published her first collection of stories and sketches, Deephaven, in 1877. It was followed by such collections as The King of Folly Island (1888) and her masterpiece, The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896).—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press. |
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Pronunciation:  j ´ t from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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- The Country of the Pointed Firs
Sarah Orne Jewett captures the beauties of everyday small-town life, providing the modern reader with a window into a time past.
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