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 7
... lips , and waited in reverent silence the advent of the sun . Morning among the mountains possessed witch- ery and glories which filled the heart of the girl with adoration , and called from her lips rude but exultant anthems of praise ...
... lips , and waited in reverent silence the advent of the sun . Morning among the mountains possessed witch- ery and glories which filled the heart of the girl with adoration , and called from her lips rude but exultant anthems of praise ...
Page 197
... lips close to her ear , saying softly , tenderly - ah ! how tenderly : " Upon my honour as a gentleman , I solemnly swear that I love but one woman ; that I love her as no other woman ever was loved ; with a love that passes all ...
... lips close to her ear , saying softly , tenderly - ah ! how tenderly : " Upon my honour as a gentleman , I solemnly swear that I love but one woman ; that I love her as no other woman ever was loved ; with a love that passes all ...
Page 366
... lips would ask par- don for what they uttered that night , and that when the hour arrived I would take my revenge ? My wife ! my pure , noble , beautiful wife ! give me my revenge , for I cry with the long- banished Roman : ' Oh ! a ...
... lips would ask par- don for what they uttered that night , and that when the hour arrived I would take my revenge ? My wife ! my pure , noble , beautiful wife ! give me my revenge , for I cry with the long- banished Roman : ' Oh ! 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