Sarah Orne Jewett

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Sarah Orne Jewett


Born
in South Berwick, Maine, The United States
September 03, 1849

Died
June 24, 1909

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Sarah Orne Jewett was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for her local color works set in or near South Berwick, Maine, on the border of New Hampshire, which in her day was a declining New England seaport.

Average rating: 3.79 · 12,885 ratings · 1,754 reviews · 303 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Country of the Pointed ...

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3.78 avg rating — 4,099 ratings — published 1896 — 471 editions
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The Country of the Pointed ...

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3.87 avg rating — 2,669 ratings — published 1910 — 52 editions
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A White Heron

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3.65 avg rating — 1,947 ratings — published 1886 — 2 editions
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A Country Doctor

3.49 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 1884 — 105 editions
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A White Heron and Other Sto...

3.73 avg rating — 191 ratings82 editions
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Deephaven

3.64 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1877 — 135 editions
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Novels and Stories: Deephav...

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4.34 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions
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A White Heron, and the Hilt...

3.52 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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Deephaven and Selected Stor...

3.69 avg rating — 39 ratings22 editions
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A Country Doctor and Select...

3.97 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2007 — 51 editions
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“Find your quiet center of life and write from that to the world.”
Sarah Orne Jewett

“The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.”
Sarah Orne Jewett

“It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one’s self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world.”
Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

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July 2016 Short Story Poll

Animal Farm by George Orwell, 102 pages, 1945
 
  70 votes, 30.4%

 
  55 votes, 23.9%

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, 122 pages, 1879
 
  44 votes, 19.1%

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 104 pages, 1941
 
  31 votes, 13.5%

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, 127 pages, 1923
 
  13 votes, 5.7%

Lost Boy: A Novella by Thomas Wolfe, 95 pages, 1937
 
  11 votes, 4.8%

A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett, 32 pages, 1886
 
  6 votes, 2.6%

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