St. Elmo - Or, Saved at Last

St. Elmo was the most famed and beloved novel by Augusta Jane Evans. 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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Alabama Women's Hall of Fame member Augusta J. Evans was born in 1835 in Columbus, Georgia. She authored nine novels: Inez, Beulah, Macaria, St. Elmo, Vashti, Infelice, At the Mercy of Tiberius, A Speckled Bird, and Devota.

Zusammenfassung

St. Elmo was the most famed and beloved novel by Augusta Jane Evans. 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Augusta Jane Evans
• Verlag: The University of Alabama Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9780817305772
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-0577-2
• Seiten: 392
• Abmessung: 155 mm x 235 mm x 28 mm
• Gewicht: 333 g
• Illustration: 2 black & white illustrations
• Serien: Library of Alabama Classics; Library Alabama Classics; Library of Alabama Classics Series
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft