St. ElmoJourney through the tumultuous times of the Civil War with Augusta J. Evans' "St. Elmo." Set in Alabama, this domestic fiction intertwines love, betrayal, and redemption against the backdrop of one of America's most defining periods. Evans masterfully crafts a tale that delves deep into the human spirit, exploring the complexities of love and the scars of war. |
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... fearfully as she would have handled the bloody garments of the victim. "What is your name?" asked the surgeon. "Edna Earl." "Do you live near this place?" "Yes, sir, very near." "Is your father at home?" "I have no father, but.
... fearfully as she would have handled the bloody garments of the victim. "What is your name?" asked the surgeon. "Edna Earl." "Do you live near this place?" "Yes, sir, very near." "Is your father at home?" "I have no father, but.
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... live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not ...
... live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not ...
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... Lives and a worn school copy of Anthon's Classical Dictionary ; and to Edna they proved a literary Ophir of inestimable value and exhaustless interest . Plutarch especially was a Pisgah of letters , whence the vast domain of learning ...
... Lives and a worn school copy of Anthon's Classical Dictionary ; and to Edna they proved a literary Ophir of inestimable value and exhaustless interest . Plutarch especially was a Pisgah of letters , whence the vast domain of learning ...
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... live on anybody's charity; and besides, all the world is alike to me now, and I want to get out of sight of —of—what shows my sorrow to me every day. I don't love this place now; it won't let me forget, even for a minute, and—and—" Here ...
... live on anybody's charity; and besides, all the world is alike to me now, and I want to get out of sight of —of—what shows my sorrow to me every day. I don't love this place now; it won't let me forget, even for a minute, and—and—" Here ...
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Contents
CHAPTER IV | |
St Elmo | |
CHAPTER VI | |
CHAPTER VII | |
Buy now and read | |
CHAPTER XIII | |
CHAPTER XXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXV | |
CHAPTER XXVII | |
CHAPTER XXVIII | |
CHAPTER XXIX | |
CHAPTER XXX | |
CHAPTER XXXII | |
CHAPTER XIV | |
CHAPTER XVI | |
CHAPTER XVII | |
CHAPTER XVIII | |
CHAPTER XX | |
CHAPTER XXXIII | |
CHAPTER XXXIV | |
CHAPTER XXXV | |
CHAPTER XXXVII | |
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