# The Country of the Pointed Firs — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett.

- [I: The Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/i-the-return.md): The narrator returns to the coastal village of Dunnet Landing, a place she first visited two or three summers earlier during a yachting cruise. She reflects on the unique charm of the town, its rocky shore, dark woods, a
- [II: Mrs. Todd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/ii-mrs-todd.md): The narrator describes her summer lodging at Mrs. Almira Todd's small house, which lacks seclusion due to Mrs. Todd's bustling herb business. Mrs. Todd is a skilled herbalist who grows a variety of medicinal plants and b
- [The Schoolhouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/iii-the-schoolhouse.md): The narrator, seeking solitude from Mrs. Todd's bustling medical practice and gossip, rents the vacant schoolhouse on the hill for fifty cents a week. She spends many undisturbed days there, enjoying the sea view and the
- [At the Schoolhouse Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/iv-at-the-schoolhouse-window.md): The narrator arrives late at the schoolhouse after attending the funeral of Mrs. Begg. From the window, she observes the funeral procession, noting Mrs. Todd's genuine grief, the mysterious Captain Littlepage, and the di
- [Captain Littlepage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/v-captain-littlepage.md): The narrator is working in the schoolhouse when Captain Littlepage visits. He speaks of the recent death of Mrs. Begg, then shares his belief that truth about the afterlife can be known in this world. He recounts his fin

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- [VI: The Waiting Place](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/vi-the-waiting-place.md)
- [VII: The Outer Island](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/vii-the-outer-island.md)
- [Green Island](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/viii-green-island.md)
- [IX: William](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/ix-william.md)
- [Where Pennyroyal Grew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/x-where-pennyroyal-grew.md)
- [XI: The Old Singers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/xi-the-old-singers.md)
- [A Strange Sail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/xii-a-strange-sail.md)
- [XIII: Poor Joanna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/xiii-poor-joanna.md)
- [XIV: The Hermitage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/xiv-the-hermitage.md)
- [On Shell-Heap Island](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/xv-on-shell-heap-island.md)
- [The Great Expedition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/xvi-the-great-expedition.md)
- [A Country Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/xvii-a-country-road.md)
- [XVIII: The Bowden Reunion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/xviii-the-bowden-reunion.md)
- [XIX: The Feast’s End](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/xix-the-feast-s-end.md)
- [XX: Along Shore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/xx-along-shore.md)
- [The Backward View](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_country_of_the_pointed_firs_se/chapters/xxi-the-backward-view.md)

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