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 60
... cheeks as she talked eagerly and rapidly to him . Edna heard him say impatiently : " You ask what is impossible ; it ... cheek and sprang into the saddle , but checked his horse at the sight of the orphan , who stood a few yards distant ...
... cheeks as she talked eagerly and rapidly to him . Edna heard him say impatiently : " You ask what is impossible ; it ... cheek and sprang into the saddle , but checked his horse at the sight of the orphan , who stood a few yards distant ...
Page 62
... cheeks ; for it seemed in her eyes an insult to her benefac- tress that the guardianship of the papers should have ... cheek on her head wept bitterly . Timidly , but very gently and tenderly , the latter strove to comfort her ...
... cheeks ; for it seemed in her eyes an insult to her benefac- tress that the guardianship of the papers should have ... cheek on her head wept bitterly . Timidly , but very gently and tenderly , the latter strove to comfort her ...
Page 139
... cheeks are ! " " Yes , I will go up and bathe them , and perhaps I shall feel better . " " I wish you would come into the parlour as soon as you can , for Estelle says Clinton thought you were very rude to him ; and though I apologized ...
... cheeks are ! " " Yes , I will go up and bathe them , and perhaps I shall feel better . " " I wish you would come into the parlour as soon as you can , for Estelle says Clinton thought you were very rude to him ; and though I apologized ...
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