Sarah Orne Jewett

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Sarah Orne Jewett was a 19th-century American author best known for her regionalist fiction depicting rural life in coastal Maine, particularly in works like "The Country of the Pointed Firs."

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instanceOf author
novelist
person
regionalist writer
short story writer
awardReceived honorary degree from Bowdoin College
birthDate 1849-09-03
birthPlace South Berwick, Maine, United States
burialPlace South Berwick, Maine, United States
causeOfDeath complications from a carriage accident
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1909-06-24
deathPlace South Berwick, Maine, United States
educatedAt Berwick Academy
familyName Jewett
father Theodore Herman Jewett NERFINISHED
fullName Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett
genre novels
regional fiction
short stories
givenName Sarah
hasLiteraryForm novellas
sketches
stories
influenced Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Willa Cather
influencedBy Harriet Beecher Stowe
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Caroline Frances Perry Jewett
movement American Regionalism
surface form: American literary regionalism

local color writing
notableWork A Country Doctor
A White Heron and Other Stories
Deephaven
The Country of the Pointed Firs
The Country of the Pointed Firs
surface form: The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

The Tory Lover
occupation author
writer
partner Annie Adams Fields
placeOfActivity Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Maine, United States NERFINISHED
religion Congregationalism
residence South Berwick, Maine, United States
sexualOrientation lesbian (historically interpreted)
sibling Caroline Augusta Jewett NERFINISHED
Mary Rice Jewett
Theodore Herman Jewett Jr. NERFINISHED
writingFocus New England village life
rural life in coastal Maine

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Jewett hasNotableBearer Sarah Orne Jewett
Local color writing hasNotablePractitioner Sarah Orne Jewett
Willa Cather influencedBy Sarah Orne Jewett