May Sarton





May Sarton

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born
May 03, 1912 in Wondelgem, Belgium

died
July 16, 1995

gender
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May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995) was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist born in Wondelgem, Belgium. Many of her novels and poems are pellucid reflections of the lesbian experience.



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Average rating: 3.99 · 3,186 ratings · 370 reviews · 67 distinct works
Journal of a Solitude
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 647 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions
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The House by the Sea
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions
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The Fur Person
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1957 — 9 editions
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Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaid...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions
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As We Are Now
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions
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Plant Dreaming Deep
4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions
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At Seventy
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions
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The Education of Harriet Hatfi...
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions
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A Reckoning
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions
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Recovering: A Journal
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions
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More books by May Sarton…
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
May Sarton

“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.”
May Sarton

“Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is a ll closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiting. Is this a key? Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go. ”
May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude

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