Sarah Orne Jewett
1849-1909
Sarah Orne Jewett was born in South Berwick, Maine, and lived most of her life there. She began as a short story writer for adults and young people, moving on to the novel.
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Fields and Jewett formed friendships with a number of artists and intellectuals of her time, including Rudyard Kipling, John Greenleaf Whittier, William Dean Howells, and Henry James.
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Jewett’s best known works are the short story, “A White Heron,” and The Country of the Pointed Firs, a novella. Her fiction presents intimate views of characters’ lives, the growth and trials of friendships, with humor broad and subtle.