Sarah Orne Jewett Revealed

By Carroll F. Burcham

"Sarah Orne Jewett Revealed" is a book that follows Miss Jewett's personal story in South Berwick, Maine among her relatives and friends and in Boston, Massachusetts, with her mentor and friend, Mrs. James T. Fields (Annie). The book traces Miss Jewett's development as a human being and as an author. The book reveals her passions for the history of her hometown and with its local area residents. It tells of her interrelations with her extended family. It shows her growth in her love of people, of nature, of books and tells about her writing habits and talents. A significant part of the book traces her relationships with the literary elite in America and in Europe, such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Willa Cather, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Celia Thaxter, Henry James, Mark Twain, James Greenleaf Whittier, William Dean Howells, James Russell Lowell, Mme Marie Therese Blanc, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Rudyard Kipling, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and others. Her association with the editors and associates at "The Atlantic Monthly" are explored.Much of the book is a literary analysis of many of her short stories as well as her seven novels. There is an abundance of praise of her personal attibutes and of her masterpieces of fiction. She is one of the greatest American writers. The Life and Works of Sarah Orne Jewett who was one of the most accomplished regional writers of her time. She had the gift of turning the prosaic lives of her Maine neighbors of the last half of the Nineteenth Century into pastoral poetry. Her works of fiction are based in the people and their environment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493634364
• ISBN13: 9781493634361
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"