Sarah Orne Jewett (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
Biography
Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett was born in South Berwick, Maine, on September 3, 1849, the second of three daughters of Caroline Frances Perry Jewett and Dr. Theodore Herman Jewett. Her family was wealthy, thanks to an inheritance and to her father's successful medical practice. She remained financially independent throughout her life and, therefore, felt little pressure to marry or to work for an income.
Jewett's childhood experiences growing up in southern Maine became the main source of her stories. South Berwick in her time was an abandoned seaport, with...
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