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 10
... 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 grandpa has not gone to the shop yet . " " Will you show me the way to the house ...
... 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 grandpa has not gone to the shop yet . " " Will you show me the way to the house ...
Page 22
... asked the question which now stands as a melancholy epigram on family favouritism and human frailty . Gold gilds even the lineaments and haunts of Death , making Père la Chaise a favoured spot for fêtes champêtres ; while poverty hangs ...
... asked the question which now stands as a melancholy epigram on family favouritism and human frailty . Gold gilds even the lineaments and haunts of Death , making Père la Chaise a favoured spot for fêtes champêtres ; while poverty hangs ...
Page 266
... asked myself whether all far - off things were hand- somer than those close at hand ? In my perplexity I went as usual to Mr. Ruskin , wondering whether he had ever noticed the same thing ; and of course he had , and has a noble passage ...
... asked myself whether all far - off things were hand- somer than those close at hand ? In my perplexity I went as usual to Mr. Ruskin , wondering whether he had ever noticed the same thing ; and of course he had , and has a noble passage ...
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