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 53
... window , the form of the pastor , who was stooping to gather the violets blooming in the little shad- ed garden at the rear of the house . A large white cat sunned her- self on the strawberry bed , and a mocking bird sang in the myrtle ...
... window , the form of the pastor , who was stooping to gather the violets blooming in the little shad- ed garden at the rear of the house . A large white cat sunned her- self on the strawberry bed , and a mocking bird sang in the myrtle ...
Page 135
... window in the library . The sun had just gone down behind a fleecy cloud - mountain and kindled a volcano , from whose silver - rimmed crater fiery rays of scarlet shot up , almost to the clear , blue zenith ; while here and there ...
... window in the library . The sun had just gone down behind a fleecy cloud - mountain and kindled a volcano , from whose silver - rimmed crater fiery rays of scarlet shot up , almost to the clear , blue zenith ; while here and there ...
Page 186
... window glinted over the pure , pale face of the orphan , and showed a calm mournfulness in the eyes which looked out at the quiet parsonage garden , and far away to the wav- ing lines against the sky , where " A golden lustre slept upon ...
... window glinted over the pure , pale face of the orphan , and showed a calm mournfulness in the eyes which looked out at the quiet parsonage garden , and far away to the wav- ing lines against the sky , where " A golden lustre slept upon ...
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