SARAH

ORNE

See also:

• SARAH ORNE JEWETT (1849–1909)

JEWETT (1849–1909)  , American novelist, was born in South Berwick, Maine, on the 3rd of September 1849 . She was a daughter of the physician Theodore H . Jewett (1815–1878), by whom she was greatly influenced, and whom she has drawn in A Country Doctor (1884) . She studied at the Berwick Academy, and began her literary career in 1869, when she contributed her first story to the Atlantic Monthly . Her best work consists of short stories and sketches, such as those in . The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) . The People of Maine, with their characteristic speech, manners and traditions, she describes with peculiar charm and realism, often recalling the work of Hawthorne . She died at South Berwick, Maine, on the 24th of June 1909 . Among her publications are: Deephaven (1877), a series of sketches; Old Friends and New (1879); Country By-ways (1881); A Country Doctor (1884), a novel; A Marsh Island (1885), a novel: A White Heron and other Stories (1886) ; The King of Folly Island and other People (1888) ; Strangers and Wayfarers (189o) ; A Native of Winby and other Tales (1893) ; The Queen's Twin and other Stories (1899), and The Tory Lover (1901), an historical novel .