Wednesday, September 7, 2022

The Passing of Sister Barsett - Sarah Orne Jewett - 249 / 365 of reading one short story every day.

The Passing of Sister Barsett


The Passing of Sister Barsett, features three varied personality village women. Sarah Ellen, a nurse, arrives at the home of the widow Mercy Crane bearing news of the death of Sister Barsett, and the two survivors reveal what they really thought of their dearly departed neighbor. 
As Jewett once told an interviewer: “A dull little country village is just the place to find the real drama of life.”


Adapted from - Jewett storyarchive blog



Image - Illustration by Canadian artist Henry Sandham (1842–1912) for Jewett’s story when it appeared in the May 1892 issue of Cosmopolitan.


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