Sarah Orne Jewett

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Sarah Orne Jewett, around 1890–1900
Sarah Orne Jewett, around 1890–1900

Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (born September 3, 1849 in South Berwick , Maine , † June 24, 1909 in South Berwick) was an American writer . Her most famous works are the novel The Country of Pointed Firs and the short story A White Heron .

life and career

Jewett grew up and lived in South Berwick, Maine. Jewett was tutored at Berwick Academy. Her first story was Jenny Garrow's Lovers , published in 1868. As a result, many more stories of her were published well into the 1870s.

Jewett first established herself as a short story writer and formed a closer friendship with Annie Adams Fields (1834-1915) and her husband James T. Fields. After Annie Fields' husband died in 1881, she and Jewett were together until Jewett's death. Annie Fields died in 1915. The two were good friends with many important writers and artists of their time, including Willa Cather , Mary Ellen Chase , William Dean Howells , Henry James , Rudyard Kipling , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Alfred Tennyson , Oliver Wendell Holmes , Mark Twain , Sarah Wyman Whitman and John Greenleaf Whittier .

During her lifetime, Jewett traveled to Europe four times . On September 3, 1902, she was involved in a carriage accident in which she was seriously injured. The accident ended her writing career. It has often been suggested that Jewett was a lesbian . Her relationship with Annie Fields was known as the "Boston Marriage," in which two people of the same sex live together (not necessarily in a homosexual relationship).

Works

  • Deephaven , James R. Osgood, 1877
  • Play Days , Houghton, Osgood, 1878
  • Old Friends and New , Houghton, Osgood, 1879
  • Country By-Ways , Houghton-Mifflin, 1881
  • A Country Doctor , Houghton-Mifflin, 1884
  • The Mate of the Daylight, and Friends Ashore , Houghton-Mifflin, 1884
  • A Marsh Island , Houghton-Mifflin, 1884
  • A White Heron and Other Stories , Houghton-Mifflin, 1886
  • The Story of the Normans, Told Chiefly in Relation to Their Conquest of England , 1887
  • The King of Folly Island and Other People , Houghton-Mifflin, 1888
  • Tales of New England , Houghton-Mifflin, 1890
  • Betty Leicester: A Story for Girls , Houghton-Mifflin, 1890
  • Strangers and Wayfarers , Houghton-Mifflin, 1890
  • A Native of Winby and Other Tales , Houghton-Mifflin, 1893
  • Betty Leicester's English Christmas: A New Chapter of an Old Story , 1984
  • The Life of Nancy , Houghton-Mifflin, 1895
  • The Country of the Pointed Firs , Houghton-Mifflin, 1896
  • The Queen's Twin and Other Stories , Houghton-Mifflin, 1899
  • The Tory Lover , Houghton-Mifflin, 1901
  • An Empty Purse: A Christmas Story , privately printed, 1905

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personal data
SURNAME Jewett, Sarah Orne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jewett, Theodora Sarah Orne (full maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH South Berwick , Maine , USA
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1909
Place of death South Berwick , Maine , USA