A Marsh Island

A Marsh Island is a novel written by Sarah Orne Jewett, an American author known for her regionalist fiction. The story takes place in the late 19th century on a small island off the coast of Maine called Green Island. The island is home to a small community of fishermen and their families, who make their living from the sea.The main character of the novel is a young woman named Joanna, who has recently returned to the island after spending several years away at school. Joanna is a strong-willed and independent woman who is determined to make a life for herself on the island. She is also deeply connected to the natural world and finds solace in the beauty of the island's landscape.As Joanna navigates life on the island, she becomes involved in a number of complex relationships with the other residents. She develops a close friendship with a young girl named Sally, who is struggling to come to terms with her own identity. She also becomes romantically involved with a local fisherman named David, but their relationship is complicated by the fact that David is already married.Throughout the novel, Jewett explores themes of identity, belonging, and the relationship between humans and the natural world. She paints a vivid picture of life on a remote island in Maine and captures the beauty and isolation of the landscape. A Marsh Island is a timeless tale of love, loss, and the struggle to find one's place in the world.As he went up the broad green sloping yard toward the orchard, a little later, Mrs. Owen's voice reached him as she sang a high droning psalm tune behind the wilted scarlet runners of the pantry window. She had sung in the church choir in her early years, and had agreed with her neighbors that her gift was quite uncommon; but it was impossible now for the listener to resist a smile at some of her ambitious excursions among the higher notes.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.