Sarah Orne Jewett



 

Sarah Orne Jewett

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born
September 03, 1849

died
June 24, 1909

gender
female

place of birth
South Berwick, Maine, United States

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genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories


about this author

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.




books by Sarah Orne Jewett

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avg rating: 3.68 | 431 ratings | 53 distinct works
The Country of the Pointed Fir... The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories (Signet Classics)
by Sarah Orne Jewett
avg rating 3.91 — 178 ratings — published 1925
21 editions
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A White Heron A White Heron (Paperback)
by Sarah Orne Jewett
avg rating 3.77 — 35 ratings — published 2004
3 editions
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The Country of the Pointed Fir... The Country of the Pointed Firs (Paperback)
by Sarah Orne Jewett
avg rating 3.20 — 30 ratings — published 2000
4 editions
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A Country Doctor A Country Doctor (Bantam Classic)
by Sarah Orne Jewett
avg rating 3.42 — 24 ratings — published 1999
5 editions
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Sarah Orne Jewett : Novels and... Sarah Orne Jewett : Novels and Stories : Deephaven / A Country Doctor / The Country of the Pointed Firs / Dunnet Landing Stories / Selected Stories & Sketches (Library of America)
by Sarah Orne Jewett
avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published 1994
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White Heron, A White Heron, A (Candlewick Treasures)
by Sarah Orne Jewett
avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 1997
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Sarah Orne Jewett: Novels & St... Sarah Orne Jewett: Novels & Stories : Deephaven a Country Doctor; The Country of the Pointed Firs; Stories & Sketches (Library of America College Editions)
by Sarah Orne Jewett
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 1996
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Tales Of New England Tales Of New England (Paperback)
by Sarah Orne Jewett
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2004
2 editions
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A White Heron And Other Storie... A White Heron And Other Stories (Paperback)
by Sarah Orne Jewett
avg rating 2.00 — 4 ratings — published 2004
2 editions
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Old Friends and New Old Friends and New (Short Story Index Reprint Series)
by Sarah Orne Jewett
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1979
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quotes by Sarah Orne Jewett

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"Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of. "
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"Tact is after all a kind of mind-reading."
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"There are plenty of people dragging themselves miserably through the world, because they are clogged and fettered with work for which they have no fitness...I can't help believing that nothing is better than to find one's work early and hold fast to it, and put all one's heart into it. - A Country Doctor"
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