Jewett, (Theodora) Sarah Orne

Jewett, (Theodora) Sarah Orne
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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