A review by jenmcmaynes
The Country of the Pointed Firs, and Other Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett

4.0

Pastoral, idealized observations of Maine coastal life at the end of the 19th century. I wouldn't recommend the 4 short stories in this collection, as they were overly sentimental (A White Heron, Miss Tempy's Watchers, Martha's Lady, Aunt Cynthy Dallett) but I enjoyed Pointed Firs and the associated stories quite a bit. They are gentle, pleasant; not much happens except a tale is retold or a small discovery made. But they capture the 'ideal' of Nature and the humble man (as envisioned at the time) very well. Jewett also captured the dialect beautifully.