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Paula Blanchard plunges us into the New England literary life of that time, into the circles of Henry James, Lowell, Howells, Whittier, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. In chapters of interest to contemporary feminists, she also delves into Jewett's close relationship with women - from the young Willa Cather on whom she had a lasting influence, to the gifted artist and book designer Sarah Wyman Whitman and the flamboyant "Mrs. Jack" Gardner, and especially to Annie Fields, her partner in a sustaining "Boston marriage."

The tale of Demeter and Persephone, a central myth of Victorian women's culture, is used to interpret the life and work of a 19th-century Maine writer.

Traces the life of the nineteenth-century writer, describes her interest in ecology, feminism, and architectural preservation, and discusses her major works

Best known for her masterpiece, The Country of the Pointed Firs, Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) is a writer with enormous resonance for our time. Our fascination with place, with traditional values, and our yearning for a rural utopia all find fulfillment in Jewett's portrayal of the "grand and simple lives" of coastal Maine. In this delicious portrait, Paula Blanchard (biographer of Margaret Fuller and Emily Carr) plunges us into New England literary life in turn-of-the-century Boston, into the circles of Henry James, Lowell, Howell, Whittier, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. She delves into Jewett's close friendships with women, from the young Willa Cather and the flamboyant "Mrs. Jack" Gardner, and especially to Annie Fields, her partner in a sustaining "Boston marriage." Her enthralling and insightful glimpses into Jewett's fiction will send readers racing back to a writer of whose work Kipling said "it is the very life."

"Strangers and Wayfarers," written by Sarah Orne Jewett, is a collection of short stories that beautifully captures the intricacies of human relationships against the backdrop of rural New England. First published in the late 19th century, Jewett’s narratives are filled with rich descriptions and keen insights into the lives of her characters, predominantly women, who navigate the challenges of love, friendship, and societal expectations. Through her gentle prose, Jewett explores themes of connection and isolation, showcasing the unique bonds formed in small towns and the transient encounters with outsiders. Each story unfolds with a blend of warmth and realism, illustrating the timeless nature of human experiences. Jewett's ability to delve into her characters' emotions and the settings they inhabit makes "Strangers and Wayfarers" a poignant reflection on life’s journey. This collection remains a remarkable testament to her skill as a storyteller and her profound understanding of the human spirit.

Old Friends and New by Sarah Orne Jewett is a charming collection of interconnected stories set in the quaint, picturesque landscape of New England. The collection dives into the lives of a close-knit community, capturing the subtleties of human relationships and the beauty of everyday experiences. Jewett’s writing is marked by her keen observational skills, providing rich descriptions that bring the characters and their world to life. Each tale explores themes of friendship, change, and the passage of time, often reflecting on the bonds formed through shared histories and common struggles. With her lyrical prose and deep understanding of human nature, Jewett invites readers into the lives of her characters, allowing for a nostalgic and introspective journey. "Old Friends and New" stands as a testament to the power of relationships and the enduring connections that shape our lives, making it a timeless read for anyone who appreciates heartfelt storytelling.

In a series of sketches, regionalist writers such as Alice Cary, Sarah Orne Jewett, Grace King, and Sui Sin Far critique the approach to regional subjects characteristic of local color and create a countertradition of American writing whose narrators serve as cultural interpreters for persons often considered out of place by urban readers. Reclaiming the ground of close readings for texts that have been insufficiently read, Writing Out of Place presents regionalism as a model for narrative connection between texts and readers and as a rich source of unconventional and counter-hegemonic fictions. Judith Fetterley is Distinguished Teaching Professor and MarjoriePryse is professor of English and women's studies at the University at Albany, SUNY and co-editors of American Women Regionalists,1850-1910: A Norton Anthology.

Sarah Orne Jewett places her most famous short story, "A White Heron," in her native Maine. Originally published in 1886, it's a coming-of-age story about a young city girl now living with her grandmother in the country. She comes out of her shell in nature, more comfortable with creatures than with people. A visit from a young bird hunter awakens her interest in the opposite sex, but when presented with an ethical decision, she protects her beloved white heron, instead of revealing its location. "...she remembers how the white heron came flying through the golden air and how they watched the sea and the morning together, and Sylvia cannot speak; she cannot tell the heron's secret and give its life away." This short work is part of Applewood's American Roots series, tactile mementos of American passions by some of America's most famous writers and thinkers.

Book by Jewett, Sarah, Woodbury, Charles Oakes

Stories, essays, etc. on animals by Cathy Cockrell, Lou V. Crabtree, Annie Dillard, Dian Fossey, Sally Miller Gearhart, Keri Hulme, Sarah Orne Jewett, Janet Kauffman, Ursula K. Le Guin, Doris Lessing, Beryl Markham, Diane McPherson, Yvonne Pepin, Lou Robinson, Meredith Rose, May Sarton, Alice Walker, and Martha Waters.

Sarah Orne Jewett's place in American letters was assured when this acclaimed collection of stories about her native state of Maine was first published in 1896. Her crisp style and skillful observation of people and places gives her work lasting appeal.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Sarah Orne Jewett, who wrote the book when she was 47, was largely responsible for popularizing the regionalism genre with her sketches of the fictional Maine fishing village of Dunnet Landing. Like Jewett, the narrator is a woman, a writer, unattached, genteel in demeanor, intermittently feisty and zealously protective of her time to write.

A critical study of 19th century women writers of New England, (orig. pub. 1983) evaluates the originality of the group that included Harriet Beecher Stowe, Annie Fields, Rose Terry Cooke, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Sarah Orner Jewett, Mary E. Wilkes [Freeman].

Analyzing disparate fiction by Sarah Orne Jewett, Florence Converse, Pauline Hopkins, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Kate Chopin, and Sui Sin Far, McCullough (English and women's studies, Miami U.) argues that American women's writing played a crucial role in constructing a unified American identity given the geographies of regional, racial, ethnic, and sexual boundaries of the period. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

' Here at lasts a book that captures the sweep of Maine culture, from a dazzled vision of the first European explorers to the modern wit of Carolyn Chute. All of the great figures who have sprung from Maine,to written about it, are represented: Longfellow, Thoreau, Sarah Orne Jewett, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sinclair Lewis, Rockwell Kent, Edna St. Vincent Millay, E.B. White, John McPhee, and others.....' from the back cover, quoted in part.

The Country of Pointed Firs, Sarah Orne Jewett's masterpiece, established her among the consummate stylists of nineteenth-century American fiction. Composed in a series of beautiful web-like sketches, the novel is narrated by a young woman writer who leaves the city to work one summer in the Maine seaport of Dunnet Landing, and stays with the herbalist Mrs. Almira Todd. She writes a New England idyll rooted in friendship, particularly female friendship, weaving stories and conversations, imagery of sea, sky and earth, the tang of salt air and aromatic herbs into an organic "fiction of community" in which themes and form are exquisitely matched. To quote Willa Cather: "The 'Pointed Fir' sketches are living things caught in the open, with light and freedom and air spaces about them. They melt into the land and the life of the land until they are not stories at all, but life itself." This edition, introduced by Alison Easton, also includes ten of Sarah Orne Jewett's short stories, among them 'The Queen's Twin', 'The Foreigner' and 'William's Wedding' set in Dunnet Landing.

Board Book. Across decades, Maine has produced nationally-recognized novelists who wrote place-based fiction. From the late nineteenth century to the present, or from Sarah Orne Jewett to Monica Wood, writers have emerged from the Canadian border to the New Hampshire state line and from Down East to the northwest hinterland. They have explored the experiences of living in far-flung settings: island and coastal villages; northwoods lumbering communities; unincorprorated townships; backcountry hamlets; and mill cities and towns. Taken together their body of work composes a remarkable literary map of a diverse and changing Maine.Hidden Places traces the work of these writers to provoke readers into seeing and understanding Maine places with new awareness. These Maine writers construe place as both a territory on the ground and a country of the imagination. They help insiders see more clearly what is distinctive about their communities and encourage outsiders to better understand what might seem quaint or odd about the state. Like a well-drawn atlas, Hidden Places seeks to capture a diverse state at the granular level one representation at a time. It explores the identity of Maine through its writers and the people and places they wrote of. Across decades, Maine has produced nationally-recognized novelists of place-based fiction. From the late nineteenth century to the present, writers have explored the experiences of living in far-flung settings: island and coastal villages; northwoods lumbering communities; uni. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.