Author: EVANS, AUGUSTA J. (NEE EVANS)
Title: St Elmo
Description: New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1920. Reprint. Hardcover. C1920. This is an early-ish reprint. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some lightish bumping and wear. There is a rectangular pictorial paste-down on the front cover that is in mostly clean, bright condition. There is one small spot of rubbing to the the man's face, otherwise the paste-down is clean and bright. The cover is also decorated with white lettering and illustrations on the front cover and the spine. The text pages are clean and bright. "After the Civil War ended, Evans went to New York to take the manuscript of her most ambitious effort, St. Elmo (1866). She finished the celebrated novel at the home of her aunt, Mary Howard Jones (wife of Colonel Seaborn Jones) , "El Dorado". In St. Elmo the general setting, if not the specific details, seems to be the Jones's El Dorado. In 1878, the home was purchased by Captain and Mrs. James J. Slade who changed its name to St. Elmo in honor of the novel which it had inspired. St. Elmo sold a million copies within four months. It featured sexual tension between the protagonist St. Elmo, who was cynical, and the heroine Edna Earl, who was beautiful and devout. It became one of the most popular novels of the 19th century." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

Keywords: Modern Fiction Augusta J. Evans Historical Fiction The South Romance


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