Sarah Orne: 60 books

Jewett again showcases her uncanny ability to capture the day-to-day life of regular New England folk in this engaging collection of stories published in 1890. Included among the selections is the evocative tale “A White Heron,” the poignant sketch, “Marsh Rosemary,” and “The Dulham Ladies,” an enduring portrait filled with delicate humor. 

In this delightful collection of stories, published in 1893, Jewett again captures the daily life and struggles of sturdy New Englanders with incomparable honesty, tenderness, and grace. Included are, “Between Mass and Vespers,” and “A Little Captive Maid,” in which Jewett pens insightful sketches of Irish-immigrant life.  

This is a collection of short stories with astounding and multifarious themes. Jewett has created a constellation of profound and round characters that develop with the plot of the story. This amazing collection monopolizes the readers attention from the outset.

On the character of Betty Leicester, Jewett revealed, “I must own that I took a great liking to her myself when I was writing her.” The book follows the day-to-day life of a sweet, fifteen-year-old girl who spends a summer in a New England neighborhood, and impresses many people with her helpful,...

This 1881 collection of eight stories and sketches, inspired by Jewett’s rambles about her home town of South Berwick, Maine and the surrounding countryside, showcases the author’s affinity for detail. Among the works included are “River Driftwood,” “From a Mournful Villager,” “An Autumn Holiday,” “An October Ride,” and “A Winter Drive.”

Dwelling on the past, Jewett creates before the reader, a world of profound relations and earnestness. In a simple style, she elucidates such characters to which life and love are a source of happiness and contentment. Charming!

There was once a story-book girl named Betty Leicester, who lived in a small square book bound in scarlet and white. I, who know her better than any one else does, and who know my way about Tideshead, the story-book town, as well as she did, and who have not only made many a visit to her Aunt Barbara...

The Story of the Normans is Jewett’s engaging history of the Normans and their conquest of England. Jewett covers the time period from the mid-ninth century to the early eleventh century with her customary eloquence. A revealing look at the people Jewett calls “the foremost people of their time,” this is a balanced and accurate history that captures the romance and adventure of the period.

TWO persons sat at a small breakfast-table near an open window, high up in Young's Hotel in Boston. It was a pleasant June morning, just after eight o'clock, and they could see the white clouds blowing over; but the gray walls of the Court House were just opposite, so that one cannot say much of their...

"Where is Miss Mary Hamilton?" said he. "Shall we not have the pleasure of her company?" "My sister looks for some young friends later," explained the host, but with a touch of coldness in his voice. "She begs us to join her then in her drawing-room, knowing...

This carefully selected and edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner (Lucy Maud Montgomery) The Genesis of the Doughnut Club (Lucy Maud Montgomery) An English...

Published in 1879, the stories collected in Old Friends and New are written with Jewett’s keen insight and gentle humor, and offer a vivid display of her genius as a writer. Her poignant depictions of elderly women as seen through the eyes of the young, is a theme that runs prominently through the...

This charming novel, set on a southwestern Maine island amid the salt marshes, focuses on the conflict between two young suitors—one from the city and one from the country—who fall in love with the same farmer’s daughter. A pleasant romance, A Marsh Island is also brimming with evocative descriptions of the landscape’s rugged beauty, for which Jewett is renowned.