Frontispiece from the 1919 publication (not a real place).

"When one really knows a village like this and its surroundings, it is like becoming acquainted with a single person. The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a life-long affair." (The Country of Pointed Firs). Who has not felt this about some place they love? A jewel of a novella by Sarah Orne Jewett.