A Country Doctor Mass market paperbound - 1999
by Sarah Orne Jewett
Brimming with period realism and layers of thematic depth, this novel is both a luminous portrayal of rural Maine and a semi-autobiographical look at Jewett's world in the late 19th century. 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. It also eloquently gives voice to the women's issues of Jewett's time, cementing her as an icon in American literature. Introduction by Paula Blanchard.
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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.
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.
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- Title A Country Doctor
- Author Sarah Orne Jewett
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bantam Classics, New York, New York
- Date 1999-04-06
- ISBN 9780553214987 / 0553214985
- Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
- Dimensions 6.85 x 4.17 x 0.8 in (17.40 x 10.59 x 2.03 cm)
- Reading level 1300
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: New England
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Geographic Orientation: Maine
- Library of Congress subjects Women physicians, Medical novels
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99218274
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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