American novelist, poet, and short story writer known for American literary regionalism and themes of family, friendship, community, the rural New England countryside, freedom and independence, and feminist perspectives.
Sarah Orne Jewett (5)
Vintage Postcard – Home of Sarah Orne Jewett in South Berwick, Maine (6)
Visual Text: Sarah Orne Jewett later in life holding a doll (10)
Primary Source – Entries from Sarah Orne Jewett’s Diary written in 1869 at the age of 20 (9)
“Sylvia, a shy child of the woods, keeps the secret of the rare white heron in this classic tale.” Published in 1886 (13)
Click here for a selection of Jewett's short stories (11)
“It is wonderful, the romance and tragedy and adventure which one may find in a quiet old-fashioned country town…” ~Sarah Orne Jewett in Deephaven
“Two aristocratic young ladies from Boston share their experiences and their delight, as well as the salty yarns of several sea captains, in a small harbor village in Maine.” Published in 1877 (16)
“A female writer comes one summer to Dunnet Landing, a Maine seacoast town, where she follows the lonely inhabitants of once-prosperous coastal communities. Here, lives are molded by the long Maine winters, rock-filled fields and strong resourceful women.” Published in 1896 (20)
Reading: The essay Looking Back on Girlhood
by Sarah Orne Jewett (21)
Sarah Orne Jewett at age 8 (22)
Obituary from the Boston Globe 1909 (26)
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Find-a-Grave Cemetery Record (27)
Photo credits & Sources from top to bottom of page:
1. Portrait of Sarah Orne Jewett: https://www.shortstoryproject.com/writers/77353/
2. https://quotefancy.com/quote/1257715/Sarah-Orne-Jewett-You-must-find-your-own-quiet-center-of-life-and-write-from-that-to-the
3. “Sarah Orne Jewett.” Feminist Writers, edited by Pamela Kester-Shelton, St. James Press, 1996. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2410000142/LitRC?u=brun84057&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=04b49e55. Accessed 21 Mar. 2022.
4. https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/author-biography/jewett-sarah-orne/
5. https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/author-biography/jewett-sarah-orne/
6. https://www.amazon.com/Jewett-Berwick-Original-Vintage-Postcard/dp/B07KPD3955
7. https://www.oldberwick.org/history-articles/sarah-orne-jewett-39-s-south-berwick.html
8. https://www.historicnewengland.org/property/sarah-orne-jewett-house-museum-and-visitor-center/
9. https://www.sarahornejewett.org/soj/let/soj-diary-1869.html
10. http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/bio/soj-images.html
11. https://www.oldberwick.org/history-articles/historic-publications/jewett-writings.html
12. http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/awh/heron.htm
13. https://www.discoverbooks.com/A-White-Heron-Candlewick-Treasures-Sarah-Orne-J-p/0763602051.html
14. http://www.sarahornejewett.org/soj/dph/deep-13.html
16. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5987245-deephaven
17. Photo of Sarah Orne Jewett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Orne_Jewett
18. https://mypoeticside.com/poets/sarah-orne-jewett-poems
21. https://americanliterature.com/author/sarah-orne-jewett/short-story/looking-back-on-girlhood
22. http://www.sarahornejewett.org/soj/bio/soj-images.html
23. http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/una/myschool.html
24. Gravestone: http://oldberwick.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=241:portland-street-cemetery&catid=50:cemeteries&Itemid=96
25. http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/bio/soj-death.html
26. http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/bhslibrary/files/2020/04/Jewett-Obituary-.pdf
27. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26163881/sarah-orne-jewett
28. https://www.historicnewengland.org/explore/collections-access/gusn/?refd=MS014
29. Photo of Sarah Orne Jewett: https://www.historicnewengland.org/family-manuscript-collections/jewett/
30. https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/paintings-sculpture-online/sarah-orne-jewett
31. http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/bio/soj-images.html
32. https://www.mainepublic.org/dead-writers
