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The ​self-described “last wild thing that is left in the fields” Maine author and Boston’s flower of society might have seemed an unlikely couple to start, but Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Fields shared a decades-long, mutually nurturing, and loving relationship. 

Including their own words, from letters and diary entries, learn about Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Fields, their life together, and the inner circle of New England artists they received “at home” in Beacon Hill, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and South Berwick, Maine.

Presenter: South Berwick Site Manager Marilyn Keith Daly conceived, researched, wrote, and collaborated with organizational staff to create the reinterpretation of Historic New England’s Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum, launched in 2018.  With a background in professional theatre, Marilyn Keith Daly was formerly Education Manager at Canterbury Shaker Village in New Hampshire. She holds a B.A. from Vassar College and an Master’s Degree from Jackson Center for Creative Writing at Hollins University.

Image: Sarah Orne Jewett (left) and Annie Fields (right). Courtesy Historic New England.