JEWETT, SARAH ORNE


Meaning of JEWETT, SARAH ORNE in English

born Sept. 3, 1849, South Berwick, Maine, U.S.

died June 24, 1909, South Berwick

U.S. writer.

Concerned to capture the folkways of a vanishing culture, she wrote realistic sketches of aging Maine natives, whose manners, idioms, and pithiness she recorded with pungency and humour. Outstanding among her 20 volumes are Deephaven (1877), A White Heron (1886), and The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896).

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