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title: 'The Pearl of Orr’s Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine'
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authors:
- 'Harriet Beecher Stowe'
date: 1862-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Fiction'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
- 'Death and Dying'
scriptures:
- 'Ruth 1'
- 'Luke 22'
- 'Psalms 107'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/stowe-1862-the-pearl-of-orrs-island-a-story-of-the-coast-of-maine
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# The Pearl of Orr’s Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine

Opening of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel set on coastal Maine: a shipwreck kills a young mother, her infant survives, and the island community mourns while family life is sketched.

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