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 xiv
... learned reference for learned reference , in an orgy of scholarly one - upmanship . It is not surprising that parodist C. H. Webb fixed on both the overblown By- ronism and the frenzied bookishness of the original for his St. Twel'mo ...
... learned reference for learned reference , in an orgy of scholarly one - upmanship . It is not surprising that parodist C. H. Webb fixed on both the overblown By- ronism and the frenzied bookishness of the original for his St. Twel'mo ...
Page 55
... learned ; a woman whose fingers are more frequently adorned with ink - spots than thimble ; who holds house- keeping in detestation , and talks loudly about politics , science , and philosophy ; who is ugly , and learned , and cross ...
... learned ; a woman whose fingers are more frequently adorned with ink - spots than thimble ; who holds house- keeping in detestation , and talks loudly about politics , science , and philosophy ; who is ugly , and learned , and cross ...
Page 56
... learned men England has ever produced . One of those gentlemen , Stillingfleet , who always wore blue stock- ings , was so exceedingly agreeable and instructive , that when he chanced to be absent , the company declared the party was a ...
... learned men England has ever produced . One of those gentlemen , Stillingfleet , who always wore blue stock- ings , was so exceedingly agreeable and instructive , that when he chanced to be absent , the company declared the party was a ...
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Aaron Hunt Allston Andrews arms asked Augusta Jane Evans beautiful believe Bocage Charlotte Brontë 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