St. Elmo: Or, Saved at LastSt. Elmo was the most famed and beloved novel by Augusta Jane Evans, a June 2015 inductee into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. First published in 1866, Evans’s rich tale of the relationship between the dashing and worldly St. Elmo and Edna Earl, an exemplar of virtuous Southern womanhood, sold over a million copies in four months and became one of the nineteenth century’s most influential novels. This edition includes an introduction by Evans scholar Diane Roberts about the enduring relevance and legacy of St. Elmo as a work of literature as well as a reflection of gender roles and the seismic societal changes taking place in the United States in the aftermath of the Civil War. |
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Page xvi
... Edna's heart was to be useful in her day and generation ' — to be an instrument of some good to her race . " Simple ambition is degrading : “ Literary women , whose avocation is selected simply because they fancy it easier to write than ...
... Edna's heart was to be useful in her day and generation ' — to be an instrument of some good to her race . " Simple ambition is degrading : “ Literary women , whose avocation is selected simply because they fancy it easier to write than ...
Page 273
... Edna Earl has no more heart than that marble Athena . ' Whereupon I replied , Take care , Gordon , I notice that of late you seem inclined to deal rather too freely in hyperbole . Edna's heart may resemble the rich veins of gold , which ...
... Edna Earl has no more heart than that marble Athena . ' Whereupon I replied , Take care , Gordon , I notice that of late you seem inclined to deal rather too freely in hyperbole . Edna's heart may resemble the rich veins of gold , which ...
Page 306
... Edna , my child ! if you could know how I love and thank you ! How I long to fold you in my arms - so ! and call you my daughter ! Edna Murray - St . Elmo's wife ! Ah ! how proud I shall be of my own daughter ! When I took a little ...
... Edna , my child ! if you could know how I love and thank you ! How I long to fold you in my arms - so ! and call you my daughter ! Edna Murray - St . Elmo's wife ! Ah ! how proud I shall be of my own daughter ! When I took a little ...
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