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 19
... hope that we are resigned to the Heavenly Will ; and we go on with a show of Christian reliance , while the morning sun smiles in gladness and plenty , and the hymn of happy days and the dear voices of our loved ones make music in our ...
... hope that we are resigned to the Heavenly Will ; and we go on with a show of Christian reliance , while the morning sun smiles in gladness and plenty , and the hymn of happy days and the dear voices of our loved ones make music in our ...
Page 118
... hope of my life is to call you my wife . Do not draw your hand from mine . Dear Edna , let me keep it always . Do I mistake your feelings when I hope that you may return my affection ? " It " You entirely mistake them , Mr. Leigh , in ...
... hope of my life is to call you my wife . Do not draw your hand from mine . Dear Edna , let me keep it always . Do I mistake your feelings when I hope that you may return my affection ? " It " You entirely mistake them , Mr. Leigh , in ...
Page 337
... hope she will ; I believe she " He paused , and , struggling up from his pillows , he stretched out his poor , little arms and exclaimed : " O Edna , you will go with me ? You promised you would never forsake me ! Tell papa you will go ...
... hope she will ; I believe she " He paused , and , struggling up from his pillows , he stretched out his poor , little arms and exclaimed : " O Edna , you will go with me ? You promised you would never forsake me ! Tell papa you will go ...
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