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ⓘ About May Sarton
She was born the only child of George Sarton, historian of science, and Mabel Eleanor Elwes, the English artist. May, along with the rest of her family were required to flee after the Reichswehr’s invasion in the year 1915, and the family settled in Massachusetts, when she was only four years old. During her late teens, she began taking theater lessons, while continuing to write poetry throughout all of her adolescence. May attended the Shady Hill School in Cambridge, one of the country’s first progressive schools, for eight years. By the time she graduated high school, she decided she would become an actress after she saw Eva Le Gallienne perform in a play called “The Cradle Song”. When she was seventeen she left home in order to join New York’s Civic Repertory Theater.
All Book Series by May Sarton
Encore: A Journal of the Eightieth Year: A Journal of the Eightieth Year
Book 11 of 18 · published 1993
May Sarton: Excerpts from a Life : Journals and Memoirs
Book 14 of 18 · published 1994
Dear Juliette: Letters of May Sarton to Juliette Huxley
Latest in the series · book 18 of 18 · published 1999
Sarton Selected: An Anthology of the Journals, Novels, and Poetry of May Sarton
Book 8 of 15 · published 1980
The Silence Now: New and Uncollected Early Poems
Book 11 of 15 · published 1988
Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2001
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is May Sarton?
She was born the only child of George Sarton, historian of science, and Mabel Eleanor Elwes, the English artist. May, along with the rest of her family were required to flee after the Reichswehr’s invasion in the year 1915, and the family settled in Massachusetts, when she was only four years old. During her late teens, she began taking theater lessons, while continuing to write poetry throughout all of her adolescence.
Which May Sarton series should I start with?
May Sarton's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Bridge of Years (1946).
How many books has May Sarton written?
May Sarton has 57 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1937 and 2024. They are filed under 5 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Non-Fiction and Collections.
In what order should May Sarton's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 57 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are May Sarton's books organised into series?
This guide splits May Sarton's 57 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (20 books); Non-Fiction (18 books); Collections (15 books); Anthologies (3 books); Picture (1 book).