Sarah Orne Jewett: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies include Elizabeth Silverthorne, Sarah Orne Jewett: A Writer’s Life (1993); and Paula Blanchard, Sarah Orne Jewett: Her World and Her Work (1994). Gwen L. Nagel (ed.), Critical Essays on Sarah Orne Jewett (1984); and Margaret Roman, Sarah Orne Jewett: Reconstructing Gender (1992), provide criticism and interpretation of her work. A scholarly edition of The Country of the Pointed Firs, edited by Deborah Carlin (2010), includes valuable historical context.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jun 20, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 30, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 15, 2024
Images of Sarah Orne Jewett added. Jan 18, 2024
Article revised. Jan 18, 2024
Photo of actress Sarah Jewett removed. Dec 20, 2023
Media added. Jan 25, 2023
Modified title of Web site: Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections - Biography of Sarah Orne Jewett. Jun 23, 2022
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Sarah Orne Jewett. May 22, 2021
Add new Web site: Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections - Biography of Sarah Orne Jewett. Apr 05, 2019
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Sarah Orne Jewett. Apr 05, 2019
Add new Web site: Boston Athen�um - Biography of Sarah Orne Jewett. Apr 05, 2019
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Sarah Orne Jewett. Jun 05, 2013
Added new Web site: Domestic Goddesses. Jun 09, 2006
Added new Web site: Page by Page Books - The Country of the Pointed Firs. May 11, 2006
Article revised. Dec 30, 1999
Article added to new online database. Oct 13, 1999
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