Featuring eleven short works of fiction, Sarah Orne Jewett's Strangers and Wayfarers invokes sentiment and nostalgia. The opening story, A Winter Courtship, depicts the budding relationship between a wagon driver, Jefferson Briley, and a passenger, Fanny Tobin. Despite their opposing personalities, Fanny and Jefferson enjoy each other's company as they transition from coy flirting to seriously considering if their unconventional pairing...