"The Country of the Pointed Firs" is a novel by Sarah Orne Jewett, published in 1896. The story is set in a small coastal town in Maine, where the narrator, a Bostonian, returns to finish writing her book. She stays with Almira Todd, a widow and the local apothecary and herbalist. The narrator rents an empty schoolhouse to concentrate on her writing, but she spends most of her time in meditation and receiving company. She befriends Mrs. Todd and her family, including William,