1
door Elizabeth Strout
9,898 leden
619 besprekingen
3.9
Score 10.83
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 03:55 PM
- 3 Members
- CurrerBell, sturlington, dylan555
- Verklaringen
- CurrerBell: Strout's Pulitzer. The form of this novel -- a collection of short stories all in some way incorporating the title character -- is reminiscent of Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs.
2
- 2 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington
3
door Sarah Orne Jewett
1,057 leden
28 besprekingen
3.9
Score 7.04
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 08:11 PM
- 2 Members
- aulsmith, CurrerBell
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith: Country of the Pointed Firs is the American Cranford, a nice quiet novel about a small town.CurrerBell: Excellent edition to buy as a stand-alone of Pointed Firs because of its Introduction by Mary Ellen Chase
4
- 2 Members
- sturlington, dylan555
5
door Richard Matheson
2,351 leden
102 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Score 5.21
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 09:30 AM
- 2 Members
- CurrerBell, sturlington
7
door Sarah Orne Jewett
320 leden
3 besprekingen
3.8
Score 4
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 08:14 PM
- Member
- CurrerBell
- Verklaringen
- CurrerBell: Very convenient single-volume of Jewett, but disappointing coming from the Library of America. Jewett deserves at least two volumes and possibly three -- comparable to the LoA edition of Willa Cather.
8
- Member
- mkbird
11
door Mary Ellen Chase
42 leden
3 besprekingen
3.9
Score 3.36
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 08:16 PM
- Member
- CurrerBell
- Verklaringen
- CurrerBell: The form of this novel -- a collection of short stories united around the character of a deceased elderly woman who is to be buried later that day -- is reminiscent of Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs (though Pointed Firs of course does not involve a death or a funeral of Almira Todd). This is Chase's best work and apparently was also her own personal favorite.
12
door Sarah Blake
855 leden
41 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Score 3.04
Toegevoegd 2019-05-28, 12:44 PM
- Member
- dylan555
13
door Shirley Nelson
37 leden
1 bespreking
½ 4.3
Score 3.04
Toegevoegd 2014-01-15, 09:27 PM
- Member
- aulsmith
15
door Adam Haslett
921 leden
57 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Score 2.83
Toegevoegd 2022-01-31, 09:25 PM
- Member
- dylan555
16
door Ruth Axtell Morren
67 leden
1 bespreking
4.1
Score 2.83
Toegevoegd 2015-07-22, 09:49 PM
- Member
- mkbird
18
door Elizabeth Hand
646 leden
35 besprekingen
3.8
Score 2.68
Toegevoegd 2014-01-14, 11:50 AM
- Member
- sturlington
19
- Member
- mkbird
20
door Sarah Orne Jewett
6 leden
5
Score 2.68
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 08:15 PM
- Member
- CurrerBell
- Verklaringen
- CurrerBell: Excellent anthology showing Jewett's sympathy for the immigrant and "social outsider."
21
door Stephen King
16,281 leden
295 besprekingen
3.9
Score 2.56
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 09:31 AM
- Member
- sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Jerusalem's Lot (fictional)
22
door Elizabeth Strout
2,067 leden
130 besprekingen
4.2
Score 2.56
Toegevoegd 2021-01-22, 11:58 AM
- Member
- dylan555
23
door Carolyn Chute
1,032 leden
15 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 2.56
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 03:55 PM
- Member
- CurrerBell
24
- Member
- sturlington
- Verklaringen
- sturlington: Chester's Mill (fictional)
25
door Monica Wood
801 leden
66 besprekingen
4.2
Score 2.46
Toegevoegd 2022-05-09, 08:36 AM
- Member
- dylan555
26
- Member
- CurrerBell
- Verklaringen
- CurrerBell: Chase's first major novel (though she did write some children's works earlier), and a very good portrayal of a family of Maine seafarers and farmers over the years. More condensed than Silas Crockett, so if you're like me and don't care for sprawling "family epics" you'll prefer Mary Peters over Silas Crockett (though neither is near comparable to The Edge of Darkness).
27
door Richard Russo
8,773 leden
182 besprekingen
3.9
Score 2.38
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 09:30 AM
- Member
- sturlington
28
door J. Courtney Sullivan
1,405 leden
87 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Score 2.38
Toegevoegd 2016-12-21, 08:39 AM
- Member
- dylan555
30
73 leden
2 besprekingen
4.1
Score 2.25
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 08:13 PM
- Member
- CurrerBell
- Verklaringen
- CurrerBell: Interesting novel but much weakened by its mid-19th century piety (as one would expect of Stowe). Extremely important as the singlemost influential work on Sarah Orne Jewett, legitimating for Jewett the use of Maine dialect. Stowe's character of Captain Kitteridge is also extremely well drawn and reminds one of the elderly sea captain that Jewett would portray in The Country of the Pointed Firs (though Jewett's captain is senile and Captain Kitteridge is anything but!).
31
door Carolyn Chute
295 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Score 2.2
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 08:14 PM
- Member
- CurrerBell
32
door Mary Ellen Chase
41 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
Score 2.15
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 08:19 PM
- Member
- CurrerBell
- Verklaringen
- CurrerBell: If you like James Michner, you'll like Silas Crockett. I don't care for Michner-style "family epics" and therefore I don't especially care for this particular Chase novel. (It seems to be one of the most popular among Chase's general readership, though.)
35
- Member
- CurrerBell
36
door Charles Shain
85 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Score 1.97
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 08:18 PM
- Member
- CurrerBell
38
door Elienne Squire
9 leden
½ 1.5
Score 1.92
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 08:12 PM
- Member
- CurrerBell
- Verklaringen
- CurrerBell: Not too much recommended. It's largely repetitive of Feminist Convert by Chase's younger sister-in-law Evelyn Hyman Chase -- and repetitive dangerously to the point of plagiarism.
39
door Mary Ellen Chase
23 leden
1 bespreking
½ 4.3
Score 1.89
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 08:48 PM
- Member
- CurrerBell
40
door Wesley McNair
33 leden
1 bespreking
4
Score 0
Toegevoegd 2014-01-13, 08:18 PM
- Member
- CurrerBell,aulsmith
- Verklaringen
- aulsmith : This is a very odd anthology. All of the poets spent time in Maine, but that's all they have in common. The poems aren't all about Maine, and, in fact, many of the ones I found most interesting weren't.