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Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909)

"In the life of each of us, I said to myself, there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness."

Major Works:

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

for a more complete list: Sarah Orne Jewett Text Project

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