Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches

In 'Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches,' Sarah Orne Jewett constructs a literary mosaic of 19th-century New England life through a collection of vignettes that shimmer with verisimilitude and quiet intensity. Jewett's narrative style, rooted in the local color movement, lends authenticity to her portrayal of Deephaven, a fictional coastal town in Maine. As a compendium, this edition not onl...