Sarah Orne: 60 books

Always a keen observer of regional cultures, Sarah Orne Jewett further explores the importance of place in the diverse collection of short stories Strangers and Wayfarers. Featuring several tales that focus on rural life in her native New England, the collection also includes stories set in Ireland and tales that focus on strangers in strange lands.

Mujeres que reclaman su derecho a trabajar en un mundo de hombres, valientes guerreras indias, forajidas del Oeste americano, inmigrantes sin pelos en la lengua, heroínas atrapadas en tenebrosos bosques… Estas son algunas de las protagonistas de La nueva mujer: relatos de escritoras estadounidenses...

Dig into the diverse body of work of one of the foremost practitioners of short fiction in nineteenth-century America, Sarah Orne Jewett. This wide-ranging volume includes a complete novel, A County Doctor, as well as a grab bag of shorter sketches and stories.

Sara Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was an American regionalist and feminist writer, in the circle of writers like Willa Cather, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. Born in South Berwick, Maine, Jewett had a happy, peaceful childhood where she developed a strong affinity to the nature and people...

This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...

A follow-up to the earlier novel for younger readers, Betty Leicester, this charming holiday tale visits our young heroine as she returns to London with mixed feelings. Though she missed her adopted city when staying with relatives in a quaint coastal town in New England, after her return to the U.K.,...

Eh bien, il va falloir se faire une raison : l’Américain-type, ça n’existe pas ! Tant pis pour la belle ordonnance des idées toutes faites ; d’un Américain à l’autre, le caractère, les mœurs, la stature même diffèrent. Bien sûr il existe, chez tous les habitants du Nouveau Monde,...

The title piece of this collection follows the story of a man who is so disgruntled with his neighbors that he moves his family to a remote island off the coast of Maine, vowing to live with his wife and daughter in isolation. Though he fulfills his vow, his wife and daughter are unhappy with this lonely...

For a great many years it had been understood in Longfield that Miss Horatia Dane once had a lover, and that he had been lost at sea. By little and little, in one way and another, her acquaintances had found out or made up the whole story; and Miss Dane stood in the position, not of an unmarried woman...

In the title story, a young girl—out walking with her only friend, a cow named Mistress Moolly—finds the nest of a rare bird. When a handsome young hunter passes by, she must decide whether or not to reveal the nest to him. Other charming, luminous stories of New England village life include “The Gray Man,” “Farmer Finch,” “Marsh Rosemary,” “The Dulham Ladies,” and more.

This poetic historical romance, set against the background of the American Revolutionary War and featuring the Hamilton family, was one of Jewett’s most popular novels. Published in 1901, it was also her last. A study of marriage and friendship, and a critique of patriotism and nationalism, Jewett comments on the imperialism of her time.

This lively collection of stories for and about children was originally published in 1878. The tales are both clever and charming and are filled with a simple humor that today’s children are sure to appreciate. The selections include “Nancy’s Doll,” “The Best China Saucer,” “The Kitten’s Ghost,” and “The Shipwrecked Buttons.”

Embellished with picturesque descriptions A Marsh Island is one of Jewett's extraordinary works. The narration follows an artist on the journey of self-discovery. Presenting the conventional role of women in a charming manner this work subtly hints at the liberty of women and their desire to assert themselves. A thought-provoking work!

Fifteen-year-old Betty spends a summer with her aunts in Tideshead, Massachusetts, while her father, a naturalist, travels to Alaska.