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作者:Sarah Orne Jewett
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最新章节:The Country of the Pointed Firs.rtf
- TheCountryofthePointedFirs(1896)isconsideredJewett’sfinestwork,describedbyHenryJamesasher“beautifullittlequantumofachievement.”DespiteJames’sdiminutives,thenovelremainsaclassic.Becauseitislooselystructured,manycriticsviewthebooknotasanovel,butaseriesofsketches;however,itsstructureisunifiedthroughbothsettingandtheme.Jewettherselffeltthatherstrengthsasawriterlaynotinplotdevelopmentordramatictension,butincharacterdevelopment.Indeed,shedeterminedearlyinhercareertopreserveadisappearingwayoflife,andhernovelcanbereadasastudyoftheeffectsofisolationandhardshipontheinhabitantswholivedinthedecayingfishingvillagesalongtheMainecoast……