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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... young face, lifted toward the cloudless east, might have served as a model for a pictured Syriac priestess—one of Baalbec's vestals, ministering in the olden time in that wondrous and grand temple at Heliopolis. The large black eyes ...
... young face, lifted toward the cloudless east, might have served as a model for a pictured Syriac priestess—one of Baalbec's vestals, ministering in the olden time in that wondrous and grand temple at Heliopolis. The large black eyes ...
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... young widow, and tenderly chafing the numb, fair hands which lay so motionless on the coverlet. Children are always sanguine, because of their ignorance of the stern, inexorable realities of the untried future, and Edna could not ...
... young widow, and tenderly chafing the numb, fair hands which lay so motionless on the coverlet. Children are always sanguine, because of their ignorance of the stern, inexorable realities of the untried future, and Edna could not ...
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... young carpenter, accidentally fell from the roof of the house which he was shingling, and died from the injuries sustained. Thus Mr. Hunt, who had been a widower for nearly ten years, found himself burdened with the care of an infant ...
... young carpenter, accidentally fell from the roof of the house which he was shingling, and died from the injuries sustained. Thus Mr. Hunt, who had been a widower for nearly ten years, found himself burdened with the care of an infant ...
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... young soul , left to stray through the devious , checkered paths of life without other guidance than that which she received from communion with Greek sages and Hebrew prophets . An utter stranger to fashionable conventionality and ...
... young soul , left to stray through the devious , checkered paths of life without other guidance than that which she received from communion with Greek sages and Hebrew prophets . An utter stranger to fashionable conventionality and ...
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... young life. Giving him, in return, the whole wealth of her affection, he had become the centre of all her hopes, joys and aspirations; now what remained? Bitter, rebellious feelings hardened her heart when she remembered that even while ...
... young life. Giving him, in return, the whole wealth of her affection, he had become the centre of all her hopes, joys and aspirations; now what remained? Bitter, rebellious feelings hardened her heart when she remembered that even while ...
Contents
CHAPTER VI | |
CHAPTER VII | |
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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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