Sarah Orne Jewett

Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909) was one of the most important American regionalist writers of the late nineteenth century, best known for her depictions of rural New England life. While her realistic fiction earned her a place in American literary history, Jewett also wrote a number of supernatural tales that demonstrate her unique approach to the uncanny. These stories, which Jessica Amanda Salmonson has termed "imaginative realism," blend the everyday with the inexplicable in ways that are distinctly Jewett's own.

About

Lady Ferry and Other Uncanny People presents eleven of Jewett's supernatural tales, including the title story "Lady Ferry," which tells of an ageless woman who seems to exist outside of time. Other stories in the collection include "In Dark New England Days," "A Sorrowful Guest," "The Captains," "Captain Littlepage and the Waiting Place," "The Landscape Chamber," "The Green Bowl," "The Foreigner," "Beyond the Toll-Gate," "The House that Ran Away," and "The Gray Man." These tales showcase Jewett's ability to create atmosphere and suggest the supernatural without resorting to explicit horror.

The volume includes a preface by Joanna Russ and an extensive introduction by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, who provides valuable context for Jewett's life and work, examining her place in American supernatural fiction. This 1998 limited edition hardcover of 500 copies, with a dust jacket illustrated by Deborah McMillion-Nering, made Jewett's supernatural fiction accessible to modern readers and collectors.

Edition Details

• Dust Jacket illustrated by Deborah McMillion-Nering.
• This is a full clothbound edition limited to 500 copies.

External Links

• Sarah Orne Jewett. ISFDB entry for Sarah Orne Jewett
• Lady Ferry and Other Uncanny People. ISFDB entry for Lady Ferry and Other Uncanny People