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 243
... tell my mother I am sorry I was disrespectful . " " Felix , are you really sorry ? " " Yes . ' " Well , then , go and tell her so , and she will love you a thousand times more than ever before . The confession should come from your own ...
... tell my mother I am sorry I was disrespectful . " " Felix , are you really sorry ? " " Yes . ' " Well , then , go and tell her so , and she will love you a thousand times more than ever before . The confession should come from your own ...
Page 297
... tell you Edna , the idea is just as much mine as it is Mr. Bigg's ! " " I believe you . Such coincidences are rare , and people are very loath to admit the possibility ; but that they do occasionally occur , I have no doubt . Perhaps ...
... tell you Edna , the idea is just as much mine as it is Mr. Bigg's ! " " I believe you . Such coincidences are rare , and people are very loath to admit the possibility ; but that they do occasionally occur , I have no doubt . Perhaps ...
Page 306
... tell me . Why did you reject him ? " " Because I could not respect his character . Óh ! forgive me ! You force me to say it - because I knew that he was unworthy of any woman's confidence and affection . " The mother's face flushed ...
... tell me . Why did you reject him ? " " Because I could not respect his character . Óh ! forgive me ! You force me to say it - because I knew that he was unworthy of any woman's confidence and affection . " The mother's face flushed ...
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