Download or read book Sarah Orne Jewett, an American Persephone written by Sarah Way Sherman and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 1989 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tale of Demeter and Persephone, a central myth of Victorian women's culture, is used to interpret the life and work of a 19th-century Maine writer.