Project Gutenberg 2005-03-08 Public domain in the USA. 311 Jewett, Sarah Orne 1849 1909 A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches A country doctor -- Selected stories and sketches: Stories from strangers and wayfarers: A winter courtship; Going to Shrewsbury; The white rose road; The town poor -- Stories from A native of Winby and other tales: A native of Winby -- Looking back on girlhood -- More stories from A native of Winby and other tales: The passing of Sister Barsett; Decoration day; The flight of Betsey Lane; The gray mills of Farley. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Wendy Bertsch and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. "A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches" by Sarah Orne Jewett is a collection of narratives written in the late 19th century. The central story, "The Last Mile," introduces readers to a compassionate and determined young woman on a desperate journey to seek help for her ailing child, which sets the tone for the stories that explore themes of life, death, and the struggles of rural existence in New England. The opening portion of the book depicts the young woman traversing a path through the countryside, burdened by the weight of her child and the urgency of her mission. Despite the picturesque autumn landscape, she is engulfed by weariness and despair, ultimately arriving at a graveyard where her emotions overwhelm her. As she attempts to flee back to safety, a series of vignettes briefly introduce the lives of her neighbors, including Mrs. Thacher, who is struggling with the recent changes in her life, and hints at the complicated familial ties and social dynamics within their community. The encounter reveals the network of relationships and the depth of concern that permeate their interactions, setting the stage for the interconnected stories to unfold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Maine -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 841487 840623 2024-09-07T04:43:51.265346 2023-09-07T06:44:37.214869 text/html text/html 836382 2020-12-14T06:55:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 313871 2020-12-14T06:55:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 382962 2024-09-07T04:44:00.136352 application/epub+zip 396307 2024-09-07T04:43:52.985365 application/epub+zip 396307 2024-09-07T04:43:51.994337 application/epub+zip 715814 2024-09-07T04:44:06.237781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 679353 2024-09-07T04:43:59.417299 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 679380 2022-09-07T20:59:25.414346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 819004 818910 2024-09-07T04:43:50.395383 2023-09-07T06:44:36.413801 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 818860 2020-12-14T06:55:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 310320 2020-12-14T06:55:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 818853 2020-12-14T06:55:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 310279 2020-12-14T06:55:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20934 2024-09-07T04:44:06.607789 application/rdf+xml 19158 2024-09-07T04:43:52.354422 image/jpeg 4205 2024-09-07T04:43:52.175413 image/jpeg 375890 2024-09-07T04:43:51.340413 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia