Sarah Orne Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett was a master of regional fiction who rendered the landscape and people of coastal Maine with quiet precision and deep affection. Her work influenced Willa Cather, who credited Jewett as a formative model.
Works
- The Country of the Pointed FirsInterconnected stories of life in a Maine coastal fishing village and its inhabitants
- A White HeronShort story of a young girl who chooses her freedom over domestication
- DeephavenNovel of two young women discovering friendship and adventure in a Maine seaside town
- A Country DoctorNovel of a rural Maine doctor balancing her medical practice and personal relationships
- Strangers and WayfarersStory collection portraying the lives and struggles of Maine's rural inhabitants