The country of the pointed firs / by Sarah Orne Jewett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.

Contributor:

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women authors--Fiction.

Women authors.

Seaside resorts--Fiction.

Seaside resorts.

Summer resorts--Fiction.

Summer resorts.

Country life--Fiction.

Country life.

Authorship--Fiction.

Authorship.

Maine--Fiction.

Maine.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Pastoral fiction.

Publishers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2546) (Schimmel Fiction 2547) (Schimmel 7279))

W.B. Clarke & Co. (label) (Schimmel Collection (Schimmel Fiction 2546))

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection (Schimmel 7279))

Rollins, Ellen Lord, approximately 1835-1922 (inscription) (Schimmel Collection (Schimmel 7279))

Physical Description:

213 pages ; 18 cm

Manufacture:

Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1896.

Summary:

In this contemporary collection of short stories, Jewett explores the lives of the inhabitants of struggling small towns along the Maine coast. A classic American novella. -- vendor's description.

Notes:

Publisher's advertisement on p. opp. t.p.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copies (Schimmel Fiction 2546 and 2547) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2546) has ms. inscription ("Pickman") in pencil at head of front free endpaper and title leaf.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2546) has bookseller's label ("W.B. CLARKE & CO. ... BOSTON.") on front free endpaper.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 2546) has [2] p. of publisher's advertisement bound in at end of vol.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 7279) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 7279) inscribed by the author ("Ellen A. Rollins With best Christmas wishes from Sara O. Jewett 1896") to Ellen Augusta Rollins (née Lord; ca. 1835-1922) in 1896 on front free endpaper.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 7279) has [2] pages of publisher's advertisement bound in at end of volume.

Cited in:

BAL 10910

OCLC:

5693110