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A Country Doctor (Penguin Classics)by Sarah Orne Jewett
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Though not as well-known as the writers she influenced, Sarah Orne Jewett nevertheless remains one of the most important American novelists of the late nineteenth century. <BR>Published in 1884, Jewett's first novel, A Country Doctor, is a luminous portrayal of rural Maine and a semiautobiographical look at her world. In it, Nan's struggle to choose between marriage and a career as a doctor, between the confining life of a small town and a self-directed one as a professional, mirrors Jewett's own conflicts as well as eloquently giving voice to the leading women's issues of her time. Perhaps even more importantly, Jewett's perfect details about wild flowers and seaside wharfs, farm women knitting by the fireside and sailors going upriver to meet the moonlight convey a realism that has seldom been surpassed and stamp her writing with her signature style.
Synopsis:A hundred and thirty years after it was first published, Sarah Orne Jewett’s story of a young medical woman remains an incisive rendering of the dilemmas of gender, society, and self. Nan Prince first becomes interested in medicine as a child, as the ward of the widowed physician Dr. Leslie. In time she becomes his protégée. But when she enters medical college, she realizes that she will have to choose between marriage and her career, between the demands of her society and her obligations to her true self. Inspired by Jewett’s own interests and by her father, A Country Doctor portrays a world very much in flux and Nan, ultimately, as a woman with a new world opening to her.
About the AuthorSarah Orne Jewett (18491909) was the daughter of a physician in Berwick, Maine. Her books include Deephaven, The Country of the Pointed Firs, and nine volumes of short stories.
Frederick Wegener is an associate professor of English at California State University at Long Beach and the editor of Edith Wharton: The Uncollected Critical Writings. Table of ContentsA Country Doctor Introduction Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Text and Acknowledgments I. The Last Mile II. The Farm-House Kitchen III. At Jake and Martin's IV. Life and Death V. A Sunday Visit VI. In Summer Weather VII. For the Years to Come VIII. A Great Change IX. At Dr. Leslie's X. Across the Street XI. New Outlooks XII. Against the Wind XIII. A Straight Course XIV. Miss Prince of Dunport XV. Hostess and Guest XVI. A June Sunday XVII. By the River XVIII. A Serious Tea-Drinking XIX. Friend and Lover XX. Ashore and Afloat XXI. At Home Again Explanatory Notes Appendix: "Theodore Herman Jewett, M.D., of South Berwick" What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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