Best Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett

by Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles G. Waugh (Editor), Josephine Donovan (Editor)

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282 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1925

About the 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.

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've only read volume one so far but I loved it. It's really more of a novel than short stories, as they follow each other chronologically and are set in the same place and about the same people.

The setting is Dunnett Landing, a small coastal fishing town somewhere in Maine, as seen through the eyes of a writer who spends a couple of summers there. That's all the plot there is, but getting to know the characters and the place is more than enough. They all have their quirks and foibles, but seem to accept each other as they are.

Most of the books I've read set in New England present the place and its inhabitants as dour and severe (and, no, not all of the books were by Lovecraft). This book isn't like that. It's seen through the eyes of love and makes me want to go to Dunnett Landing on vacation.

Now to hunt down volume two on Project Gutenberg.

[Jeff Hobbs]

Read so far:

Miss Sydney’s Flowers
A Bit of Shore Life
An Autumn Holiday
*Tom’s Husband
A White Heron--3
*The Dulham Ladies
The King of Folly Island
The Courting of Sister Wisby
Miss Tempy’s Watchers--2
*Going to Shrewsbury
In Dark New England Days--2
*Miss Esther’s Guest
*The Flight of Betsey Lane
*The Only Rose
*Aunt Cynthy Dallet
Martha’s Lady--4
*The Foreigner
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The coon dog
Decoration day
An empty purse
Fame's little day --2
Farmer Finch
The gray man --2
The guests of Mrs. Timms
The Hiltons' holiday
Lady Ferry
Marsh rosemary
Miss Peck's promotion
A native of Winby --3
The passing of Sister Bassett
The queen's twin
The town poor
A war debt
A winter courtship --3

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never get tired of reading Sarah Orne Jewett. But this particular collection, while it has some stories I've already read, has 8 stories that have never appeared in a collection. So I enjoyed reading new stories.