Sarah Orne Jewett
Список книг автора Sarah Orne JewettHistorias de Dunnet Landing
De la mano de Sarah Orne Jewett, regresamos a Dunnet Landing, el pueblo de la costa de Maine en el que transcurre su novela La tierra de los abetos puntiagudos (Dos Bigotes, 2015). Historias de Dunnet Landing -que incluye los relatos «Una pastora de Dunnet», «La extranjera», «La melliza de la reina» y «La boda de William», nunca antes traducidos al español- nos presenta, de nuevo, un mundo en vías de desaparición, gobernado por las indomables fuerzas de la naturaleza y habitado por mujeres de gran entereza que tejen una sólida red de cuidados y afectos. Al igual que en La tierra de los abetos puntiagudos, la narradora es una escritora que, huyendo del ajetreo de la gran ciudad, viaja a Dunnet Landing en busca de inspiración. Allí nos descubre una inolvidable galería de personajes femeninos, entre los que se encuentran la señora Todd, quien continúa ofreciendo ungüentos y remedios naturales; Abby, que nació el mismo día y a la misma hora que la reina Victoria y que sueña con pasear junto a ella cogidas de la mano; o Esther, una pastora que cuida de su rebaño de ovejas y de su madre, la anciana señora Hight, fuerte y enérgica a pesar de la enfermedad. Y, al igual que la narradora, conoceremos la desdichada historia de la señora Tolland, una extranjera en la comunidad que se marchó en una noche de tormenta. Así, entre salientes rocosos, gaviotas, casitas blancas, narcisos y dientes de león, el devenir de la vida en Dunnet Landing permanece inalterable al paso del tiempo, con el estático cortejo de los abetos que dibujan el inconfundible perfil del lugar.
The Tory Lover
"The Tory Lover" by Sarah Orne Jewett. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
The Country of the Pointed Firs
The narrator, a Bostonian, returns after a brief visit a few summers prior, to the small coastal town of Dunnet, Maine, in order to finish writing her book. Upon arriving she settles in with Almira Todd, a widow in her sixties and the local apothecary and herbalist. The narrator occasionally assists Mrs. Todd with her frequent callers, but this distracts her from her writing and she seeks a room of her own. Renting an empty schoolhouse with a broad view of Dunnet Landing, the narrator can apparently concentrate on her writing, although she continues to spend a great deal of time with Mrs. Todd, befriending her hostess and her hostess's family and friends. The schoolhouse becomes a place of mythic significance and for the narrator the location is a center of writerly consciousness from which she makes journeys out and to which others make journeys in, aware of the force of the narrator's presence, out of curiosity, and out of respect for Almira Todd.
The Life of Nancy
"The Life of Nancy" by Sarah Orne Jewett. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
The Queen's Twin and Other Stories
"The Queen's Twin and Other Stories" by Sarah Orne Jewett. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches
"Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches" by Sarah Orne Jewett. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
The Country of the Pointed Firs
The narrator, a Bostonian, returns after a brief visit a few summers prior, to the small coastal town of Dunnet, Maine, in order to finish writing her book. Upon arriving she settles in with Almira Todd, a widow in her sixties and the local apothecary and herbalist. The narrator occasionally assists Mrs. Todd with her frequent callers, but this distracts her from her writing and she seeks a room of her own. Renting an empty schoolhouse with a broad view of Dunnet Landing, the narrator can apparently concentrate on her writing, although she continues to spend a great deal of time with Mrs. Todd, befriending her hostess and her hostess's family and friends. The schoolhouse becomes a place of mythic significance and for the narrator the location is a center of writerly consciousness from which she makes journeys out and to which others make journeys in, aware of the force of the narrator's presence, out of curiosity, and out of respect for Almira Todd.
Amigas
Las mujeres se han amado desde siempre. No obstante, las diversas formas del amor sáfico permanecieron ocultas, encriptadas y codificadas hasta prácticamente las primeras décadas del siglo XX. Antes de El pozo de la soledad (1928) de Radclyffe Hall, considerada la primera novela de tema lésbico en lengua inglesa, se habían publicado otros textos de idéntica temática, principalmente poesía. Era extraño, pues, que un género tan extendido y al que se dedicaban tantas mujeres como era el relato no hubiese tratado el mismo asunto. Pero sí se había hecho: solo había que escarbar un poco para encontrar esas historias. En esta colección de relatos de mujeres que aman a mujeres, escritos por, entre otras, Constance Fenimore Woolson, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Sarah Orne Jewett, Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, Kate Chopin, Jane Barker, Sui Sin Far y Alice Dunbar-Nelson, se desgranan diversos tipos de amores, desde los enamoramientos adolescentes a los conocidos matrimonios bostonianos, amores sexuales, pasionales, perdidos o idealizados. Descubrir estos relatos entre las obras de autoras consagradas puede servirnos una vez más como guía y referencia. Porque, como afirma la escritora y traductora Eva Gallud, "sabernos escritas, leídas y entendidas, a pesar de la distancia de los siglos y las diferencias entre los códigos, es crucial para el desarrollo de nuestra conciencia colectiva y personal, nuestra reivindicación pública y nuestra reafirmación privada".
Old Friends and New
"Old Friends and New" by Sarah Orne Jewett. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.