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 41
... looked around , and fixed his keen eyes on the orphan , whose checks crimsoned as she looked down and said quite distinctly : " Good morning , Mr. Murray . " " Good morning , Miss Earl . " " No , I protest ! Miss Earl , ' indeed ! Call ...
... looked around , and fixed his keen eyes on the orphan , whose checks crimsoned as she looked down and said quite distinctly : " Good morning , Mr. Murray . " " Good morning , Miss Earl . " " No , I protest ! Miss Earl , ' indeed ! Call ...
Page 343
... looked through the eastern window at the ivy - draped vault where slept Murray and Annie . The world was silent , but conscience and the dead accused him . An expression of intolerable anguish crossed his handsome features , then his ...
... looked through the eastern window at the ivy - draped vault where slept Murray and Annie . The world was silent , but conscience and the dead accused him . An expression of intolerable anguish crossed his handsome features , then his ...
Page 354
... looked with dry eyes at the heavy rod that smote her . The night waned , the light with it ; now and then the breathing seemed to cease , but after a few seconds a faint gasp told that the clay would not yet forgo its hold on the soul ...
... looked with dry eyes at the heavy rod that smote her . The night waned , the light with it ; now and then the breathing seemed to cease , but after a few seconds a faint gasp told that the clay would not yet forgo its hold on the soul ...
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