Sarah Orne Jewett Short Stories
Set against the background of long maine winters hardscrabble farms and the sea her stories of independent capable women struggling to find fulfillment in their lives.
Sarah orne jewett short stories. Drawing from her native region she became famous for her stories highlighting small town life often set on the maine seacoast. Sarah orne jewett 1849 1909 was an american novelist and short story writer born into an old new england family in the coastal town of south berwick maine. Theodora sarah orne jewett september 3 1849 june 24 1909 was an american novelist short story writer and poet best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of maine. In her nuanced and sharply etched novels and short stories sarah orne jewett captured the inner life and hidden emotional drama of outwardly quiet new england coastal towns.
You will always have the happiness of finding friendships in books and it grows pleasanter and pleasanter as one grows older. When a young reader wrote to sarah orne jewett september 3 1849 june 24 1909 in 1899 to express admiration of her stories for girls jewett encouraged her to continue reading.