St. Elmo

St. Elmo is a novel by American author Augusta Jane Evans published in 1866. Featuring the sexual tension between the protagonist St. Elmo, a cynical man, and the heroine Edna Earl, a beautiful and devout girl, the novel was about the agency of women who could save men from apostasy.[1] The novel became one of the most popular novels of the 19th century. The novel sold a million copies within four months of its publication.

Hardcover. English. Ward, Lock & Co. 1920. 316 pp. In still bright yellow boards with pictorial paste=down. Light discolouration inside. Book No: 61623