Ramona: a story (1884). By: Helen (Hunt) Jackson: Ramona is an 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson.

Ramona is an 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican-American War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race Scots-Native American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and hardship. Originally serialized in the Christian Union on a weekly basis, [1] the novel became immensely popular. It has had more than 300 printings, [2] and been adapted four times as a film. A play adaptation has been performed annually outdoors since 1923. Th...