St. Elmo / by Augusta J. Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909.

Contributor:

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orphans--Fiction.

Orphans.

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Christian saints--Fiction.

Christian saints.

Genre:

Publishers' advertisements -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century.

Novels.

Romance fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Meehan, James, Mrs. (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[4], 482, [10] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : M.A. Donohue & Company, [between 1910 and 1916]

Summary:

Edna, an orphan, is essentially adopted by a kind-souled woman who lives with her fantastically wealthy son, St. Elmo, who has a dark sinful past. He attempts to court the innocent Edna, who tangles with her devout upbringing.

Notes:

Publisher's address given as "701-727 S. Dearborn Street" in publisher's advertisement; M.A. Donohue & Company occupied those premises 1910-1916.

Includes photographs from a stage production of a dramatization of this work.

Publisher's advertisement: P. [483]-[492].

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has autograph of Mrs. James Meehan on front free endpaper and p. [3].

Schimmel Collection copy has photoreproduction of a newspaper article headlined "'St. Elmo' wins applause" (The New York Times, 14 December 1909) liad in.

OCLC:

1121471317