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The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
Sarah Orne Jewett
Born: September 3, 1849
Died: June 24, 1909 (aged 59)
Bio: Sarah Orne Jewett was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern seacoast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism.
Known for:
- The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896)
- A White Heron (1886)
- A Country Doctor (1884)
- The Tory lover (1901)
- Country by-ways (1881)
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