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A Southern woman of letters : the correspondence of Augusta Jane Evans Wilson / edited by Rebecca Grant Sexton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909.
- Series:
- Women's diaries and letters of the South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909--Correspondence.
- Evans, Augusta J.
- Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909.
- Novelists, American--19th century--Correspondence.
- Novelists, American.
- Women and literature.
- Women.
- Southern States.
- Women--Southern States--Correspondence.
- Women and literature--Southern States.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xxxv, 205 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 "Our glorious spring time" 1
- Chapter 2 "Thank God we are Southern women!" 27
- Chapter 3 "These are dark hours ..." 47
- Chapter 4 "Amid the Sombre Shadows ..." 72
- Chapter 5 "Mobile is safe." 96
- Chapter 6 "... all my proud fond hopes were slaughtered." 107
- Chapter 7 "The aching Southern heart" 130
- Chapter 8 "... our quiet little home in Mobile." 150
- Chapter 9 "... a heart so sad and lonely" 174
- Appendix Contract between Augusta Evans and Harper and Brothers 189.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1570034400
- OCLC:
- 49277492
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