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 251
... fell back against the top of the chair and she lost all her woes until Felix's voice roused her , and she saw the frightened boy standing at her side , shaking her hand and call- ing piteously upon her . " Oh ! I thought you were dead ...
... fell back against the top of the chair and she lost all her woes until Felix's voice roused her , and she saw the frightened boy standing at her side , shaking her hand and call- ing piteously upon her . " Oh ! I thought you were dead ...
Page 271
... fell asleep she dreamed not of Sir Roger but of Le Bocage and its master , of whom she would not permit herself to think in her waking hours . The influence which Mr. Manning exerted over Edna increased as their acquaintance ripened ...
... fell asleep she dreamed not of Sir Roger but of Le Bocage and its master , of whom she would not permit herself to think in her waking hours . The influence which Mr. Manning exerted over Edna increased as their acquaintance ripened ...
Page 366
... fell on her forehead , as he bowed his face to hers . " Forgive ! Ah my darling ! do you recollect also that I told you then that the time would come when your dear lips would ask par- don for what they uttered that night , and that ...
... fell on her forehead , as he bowed his face to hers . " Forgive ! Ah my darling ! do you recollect also that I told you then that the time would come when your dear lips would ask par- don for what they uttered that night , and that ...
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Aaron Hunt Allston Andrews arms asked Augusta Jane Evans beautiful believe Bocage Charlotte Brontė Chattanooga cheeks child clasped countenance darling dear door Edna Earl Edna's Elmo Elmo's Estelle Evans eyes face feel Felix fell felt fingers Gertrude girl glanced Gordon governess grave Hammond hand happy Hattie head hear heard heart honour hope Huldah J. L. M. Curry Jane Eyre kissed knew laughed Le Bocage leaned Leigh letter lips literary looked marble marriage marry Miss Earl morning mother Murray Murray rose Murray's never night noble once orphan painful parsonage pray rose seemed silent Sir Roger smile soul stood sweet Taj Mahal tears tell thank things thought tion to-day told took turned University of Alabama voice walked watched wife window wish woman women wonder words