“A White Heron” Audio
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February 21, 2009
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“A White Heron,” an 1886 short story by American author Sarah Orne Jewett, features Sylvia, a young girl who comes from a big city to live in the country with her grandmother. Focusing not on Sylvia’s transition to a different mode of life but rather on how immersion in that life affects her character and values, the story follows Sylvia as, searching for their cow one evening, she encounters a young ornithologist hunting for a rare bird. Soon, however, he makes a proposal that challenges Sylvia’s loyalty to the natural world she loves.
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If you found this reading of A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett to be helpful in visualizing the story and characters, you may enjoy some of our other Introduction to Literature (E1) videos
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When will you read Sarah Orne Jewett’s writing in Excellence in Literature?
You will study Jewett in EIL Unit 1 (Short Stories) and as an Honors text in EIL 2.6
