Old Friends and New

Sarah Orne Jewett

3/2017 · The Floating Press

Táto e‑kniha

In the late nineteenth century, Sarah Orne Jewett ascended to the top tiers of the pantheon of American popular fiction writers on the strength of her tales, which combine keen psychological insight and charming local color. This collection of short stories highlights her wide-ranging mastery; fan favorites include "A Lost Lover" and "Madame Ferry."

O autorovi

Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett was born in South Berwick, Maine on September 3, 1849. Unable to attend school because of arthritis, she learned about coastal life in New England as she accompanied her father, a doctor, on his rounds. He encouraged both her reading and her writing. When she began submitting fiction in 1867, using the pseudonyms A. D. Eliot, Alice Eliot, and Sarah C. Sweet, her chosen topic was often the life and people of her native, rural Maine. Her first published story appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in 1869 and her first short story collection, Deephaven, was published in 1877. Her first novel, A Country Doctor was published in 1884. Her other works include A Marsh Island (1885), A White Heron and Other Stories (1886), A Native of Winby (1893), Tales of New England (1894) and The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896). She stopped writing in 1902, after a fall left her with severe head injuries. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage on June 24, 1909.