The Tory Lover
An American Revolution Romance of Divided Loyalties in Coastal New EnglandBy Sarah Orne Jewett
Length12h 14m
About this audiobook
Set along the Maine coast during the American Revolution, The Tory Lover follows the divided loyalties, perilous commitments, and romantic entanglements produced by the conflict between Patriot and Loyalist communities. Sarah Orne Jewett combines historical romance with regional realism, rendering coastal landscapes, maritime culture, domestic interiors, and communal speech with her characteristic precision. Rather than treating the Revolution as merely heroic national myth, the novel attends to its intimate costs: fractured families, uncertain allegiance, imprisonment, exile, and the moral complexity of political choice. Its carefully researched setting and emphasis on local experience place it within the late nineteenth-century tradition of American literary regionalism, while its adventure plot broadens Jewett's familiar meditation on community and belonging. Jewett (1849–1909), a native of South Berwick, Maine, is best known for portraying the people and vernacular life of New England in works such as The Country of the Pointed Firs. Her intimate knowledge of the Maine seacoast, inherited historical memory, and interest in women's social worlds shaped this ambitious departure into historical fiction. Published in 1901, the novel reflects both her lifelong attachment to local history and her mature concern with the tensions between individual conscience, communal identity, and national allegiance. The Tory Lover will reward readers interested in American regionalism, Revolutionary-era fiction, maritime history, and nuanced studies of loyalty. It is especially valuable for those who appreciate historical novels that privilege ordinary lives and moral ambiguity over triumphalist narrative, while retaining the pleasures of romance, suspense, and richly observed place.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Romance
Length12 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 29, 2023
LanguageEnglish
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