The story of an endearing, unlikely friendship set against the backdrop of a remote and beautiful Maine coastal town, The Country of the Pointed Firs is one of Sarah Orne Jewett's most loved works, and it quickly earned her a reputation as a talented writer upon its publication. Praised by Alice Brown for its &quot;idyllic atmosphere of country life,&quot; Jewett's moving novel shows her intimate understanding of New England and its unique inhabitants, whose prickly exteriors often concealed a warm and loyal nature.<br><br>This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes four additional Dunnet Landing stories: &quot;The Queen's Twin,&quot; &quot;A Dunnet Shepherdess,&quot; &quot;The Foreigner,&quot; and &quot;William's Wedding.&quot;