The complete online text of A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches by Sarah Orne Jewett.

The American Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was a regional novelist whose work depicted Maine settings and personalities. Sarah Orne Jewett was born in the village of South Berwick, Maine, on Sept. 3, 1849. Because she suffered from arthritis and could no...

Although not included among major American writers, Sarah Orne Jewett ranks high among those who have drawn upon the people, places, and culture of nineteenth-century New England for the substance of their work, and many of her "sketches," as she called...

"Don't try to write about people and things, tell them just as they are." Sarah Orne Jewett quoted this advice from her father in one of her few nonfiction articles, "Looking Back on Girlhood," first published in the 7 January 1892 issue of Youth's Compa...

Stories sketch dark, honest portraits By CHARLES MAY Special to the Journal Sentinel Sunday, April 7, 2002 Female Trouble. By Antonya Nelson. Scribner. 249 pages. $24. When I was a boy, I would sometimes overhear my mother whisper to a...

A worry that haunts many or even most foreign-bound travelers is the possibility of becoming seriously ill or suffering a bad accident while away. In an emergency, where do you find a doctor - especially in places where much of the medical care may...