Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Play Days: A Book Of Stories For Children By: Sarah O Jewett: Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 - June 24, 1909) Was An AmerISBN13:9781976559167ISBN10:1976559162Author:Jewett, Sarah O. (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 - June 24, 1909) Was An American Novelist, Short Story Writer And Poet, Best Known For Her Local Color Works Set Along Or Near The Southern Seacoast Of Maine Jewett Is Recognized As An Important Practitioner Of American Literary Regionalism Jewett's Family Had Been Residents Of New England For Many Generations, And Sarah Orne Jewett Was Born In South Berwick, Maine Her Father Was A Doctor Specializing In Obstetrics And Diseases Of Women And Children And Jewett Often Accompanied Him On His Rounds, Becoming Acquainted With The Sights And Sounds Of Her Native Land And Its People As Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis, A Condition That Developed In Early Childhood, Jewett Was Sent On Frequent Walks And Through Them Also Developed A Love Of Nature In Later Life, Jewett Often Visited Boston, Where She Was Acquainted With Many Of The Most Influential Literary Figures Of Her Day; But She Always Returned To South Berwick, Small Seaports Near Which Were The Inspiration For The Towns Of Deephaven And Dunnet Landing In Her Stories Jewett Was Educated At Miss Olive Rayne's School And Then At Berwick Academy, Graduating In 1866 She Supplemented Her Education Through An Extensive Family Library Jewett Was Never Overtly Religious, But After She Joined The Episcopal Church In 1871, She Explored Less Conventional Religious Ideas For Example, Her Friendship With Harvard Law Professor Theophilus Parsons Stimulated An Interest In The Teachings Of Emanuel Swedenborg, An Eighteenth-Century Swedish Scientist And Theologian, Who Believed That The Divine Was Present In Innumerable, Joined Forms - A Concept Underlying Jewett's Belief In Individual Responsibility She Published Her First Important Story In The Atlantic Monthly At Age 19, And Her Reputation Grew Throughout The 1870S And 1880S Her Literary Importance Arises From Her Careful, If Subdued, Vignettes Of Country Life That Reflect A Contemporary Interest In Local Color Rather Than Plot Jewett Possessed A Keen Descriptive Gift That William Dean Howells Called An Uncommon Feeling For Talk - I Hear Your People Jewett Made Her Reputation With The Novella The Country Of The Pointed Firs (1896) A Country Doctor (1884), A Novel Reflecting Her Father And Her Early Ambitions For A Medical Career, And A White Heron (1886), A Collection Of Short Stories Are Among Her Finest Work Some Of Jewett's Poetry Was Collected In Verses (1916), And She Also Wrote Three Children's Books Willa Cather Described Jewett As A Significant Influence On Her Development As A Writer, And Feminist Critics Have Since Championed Her Writing For Its Rich Account Of Women's Lives And Voices Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-09-20Weight:0.42 lbsDimensions:0.18'' H x 10'' L x 7.99'' WNumber of Pages:88Language:English
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Book Title: Play Days : a Book of Stories for Children. by: Sarah O. Jewett : Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 - June 24, 1909) Was an American Novelist, Short Story Writer and Poet, Best Known for Her Local Color Works Set along or near the Southern Seacoast of Maine
Number of Pages: 88 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.2 in
Topic: General
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 9 Oz
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Sarah Orne Jewett
Item Width: 8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
