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Book Review of The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
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From the back cover:

First published in 1896, The Country of the Pointed Firs has grown in reputation and readership and has now achieved recognition as a classic of American Literature. This edition of the novel also includes the four "dunnet Landing" stories that properly belong with The Country of the Pointed Firs: "A Dunnet Shepherdess," "The Foreigner," "The Queen's Twin," "William's Wedding," and four more tales: "A White Heron," "Miss Tempy's Watchers," "Martha's Lady," and "Aunt Cynthy Dallet."