St. Elmo
1866
Published in 1866, 'St. Elmo' by Augusta J. Evans follows Edna Earl, a young girl whose peaceful life is disrupted by witnessing a deadly duel. This traumatic event leads her on a journey through loss and loneliness as she grapples with concepts of honor and morality in a violent society. The novel explores Edna's transition from childhood innocence to the harsh realities of adulthood against the backdrop of the Civil War in Alabama, making it a significant work in domestic fiction of the era.
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“But those who even slightly understand my character, must know that I have always been too utterly indifferent to, too unfortunately contemptuous of public opinion, to stoop to any deception in order to conciliate it. Moreover,””
— Augusta J. Evans
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