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St. Elmo a novel

Saint Elmo (portion title)

Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) 1835-1909 (Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary: "St. Elmo" was the first novel written by a Southern author to sell one million copies. Evans depicted a moral struggle between good and evil. The novel's male protagonist, St. Elmo Murray, is at first a cynical and cruel man, but he is gradually converted to Christianity through his love for the virtuous heroine, Edna Earle. Edna willingly gives up her literary career when she marries St. Elmo, and this choice reflects Evans's belief that women were happiest, and most powerful, when they devoted themselves to their families and homes. This was a common idea in the mid-nineteenth century, and is it one of the major themes of domestic fiction.

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Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries, 2006.

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General Note:	Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. Images scanned by Bond Thompson. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc. Marisa Ramírez, and Sarah Ficke. This electronic edition is part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American South. It is part of the collection Library of Southern literature. Title from electronic title page (viewed March 25, 2009).
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file); 1 file : ca. 1080 kilobytes.
Original Version Note:	Transcribed from: St. Elmo : a novel / by Augusta J. Evans. New York : Carleton ; London : S. Low Son & Co., 1867. 571 p. ; 19 cm.
Funding Information Note:	Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.