Selected Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett: A Critical Edition With Commentary

Sarah Orne Jewett once wrote, "I wish some body would invent private telegraphs so we could talk with people at a distance. But perhaps this is a foolish wish for our thoughts would wander frightfully" (Letter 15). This attitude may seem surprising from an author who was such a prolific letter writer--though Jewett preferred talking with her literary acquaintances and confidantes to writing to them, she set aside the early morning hours for a correspondence that amounted to some thirty letters a day throughout her career.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Stoddart, Scott Frederick

Contributors dc:contributor

• Baym, Nina

• Literature, American

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(UMI)AAI8823260

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69474