Synopses & Reviews
A celebration of the past in stories dealing with female friendships and tales that portray the resilience with which her female characters respond to poverty. Includes "The Town Poor," "Miss Peck's Promotion," "The Passing of Sister Barsett," "The Denham Ladies," "Miss Tempys Watchers," and 5 more. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "A White Heron."
Synopsis
Writing in wonderfully descriptive and fluent prose, Sam Orne Jewett, best-known for The Country of the Pointed Firs, clearly followed her father's encouraging advice -- to write not about things, but to "write the things themselves just as they are." That she did so is clearly evident in the stories in this collection, regional sketches that celebrate the past, full of clearly delineated characters and carefully detailed natural and domestic settings. Her themes of female friendships -- as in "The Derham ladies" and "Miss Tempys's Watchers" -- are characteristic, as are stories that portray the resilience with which her female characters respond to poverty. In addition ot the celebrated title story, commonly regarded as her finest single tale, this volume includes "The foreigner, " "The Town Poor, " "Miss Peck; s Promotion, " "The Passing of Sister Barsett, " "Miss Esther's Guest, " "Aunt Cynthy Dallet, " "The Guests of Mrs. Timms, " and "The Courting of Sister Wisby."
Synopsis
Wonderfully descriptive prose from distinguished regionalist writer includes 10 tales dealing with female friendships, poverty, and compassion: "The Town Poor," "Miss Pecks Promotion," "The Passing of Sister Barsett," 7 more. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
Synopsis
Wonderfully descriptive prose from distinguished regionalist writer includes 10 tales dealing with female friendships, poverty, and compassion: "The Town Poor," "Miss Peck's Promotion," "The Passing of Sister Barsett," 7 more.
Table of Contents
From
A White Heron and Other Stories (1886)
A White Heron
The Dulham Ladies
From The King of Folly Island and Other People (1888)
Miss Tempy's Watchers
Miss Peck's Promotion
The Courting of Sister Wisby
From Strangers and Wayfarers (1890)
The Town Poor
From A Native of Winby and Other Tales (1893)
The Passing of Sister Barsett
Miss Esther's Guest
From The Life of Nancy (1895)
The Guests of Mrs. Timms
From the Atlantic Monthly (1900)
The Foreigner