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North of Boston: Classic Poems of New England Life, Work, Loss, and Human Choice
Hardcover
Publisher: Curated Collection Publishing
Published: Jul 1 2026
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
North of Boston is Robert Frost's landmark collection of poems about rural New England, family, labor, isolation, and the unspoken tensions between neighbors and loved ones.
Written in Frost's distinctive conversational style, these poems transform ordinary moments-repairing a stone wall, harvesting apples, returning home, or facing a difficult conversation-into powerful reflections on duty, grief, pride, loneliness, and human connection. The collection includes some of Frost's most enduring works, including Mending Wall, After Apple-Picking, Home Burial, and The Death of the Hired Man.
Rich with dramatic dialogue, vivid landscapes, and psychological insight, North of Boston captures both the beauty and severity of rural life. Frost's characters struggle to understand one another across boundaries of class, marriage, tradition, and personal loss, revealing how much can remain hidden beneath familiar words and daily routines.
A defining work of American poetry, North of Boston is essential reading for admirers of Robert Frost, New England literature, and poetry that finds profound meaning in the lives of ordinary people.
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