http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/ Augusta Evans Wilson - A place to talk about Augusta Evans Wilson. Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:05:12 GMT Joyce Mize Anderson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/21 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/21 At one time, a member was doing researchon AJEW in order to write a book....how does the research stand? Can any of the other members help with this project? Mon, 14 Oct 2002 06:29:38 GMT effiebaldwin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/20 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/20 A new book is out on August Evans Wilson. it's called "A Southern Woman of Letters: The Correspondence of Augusta Jane Evans Wilson" by Rebecca Grant Sexton. Sat, 05 Jan 2002 06:06:46 GMT effiebaldwin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/18 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/18 We'd love to hear from you. Please post messages here, so we can keep each other updated on Augusta-related material. Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:20:56 GMT effiebaldwin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/17 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/17 Welcome to the club, Jen! I love the book covers you left in the photo section. I have two of those books but not the one in the middle with the woman in the Thu, 18 Oct 2001 21:27:55 GMT xyxous http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/16 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/16 I'm glad that y'all started this club! I collect AJE books, etc. I've got about 30 different editions of St Elmo. I left a picture of 3 neat covers in the Tue, 28 Aug 2001 16:22:44 GMT effiebaldwin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/15 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/15 One of the club members reports that a silent film was made of Augusta's book "At the Mercy of Tiberius" in 1920. It was called "The Price of Silence" a.k.a. Sat, 25 Aug 2001 20:17:45 GMT effiebaldwin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/14 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/14 In addition to my sister, I have two other people reading "St. Elmo." I had a third person (a guy)reading it, but he gave up after 100 pages. I love "St. Mon, 20 Aug 2001 05:06:02 GMT ryates790 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/13 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/13 I love that photo of "Heart of the Andes"....I've never seen it "in person" like you have, but your description of it has always made me long to do so. I read Mon, 20 Aug 2001 05:01:06 GMT ryates790 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/12 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/12 It's about time your sister started reading St. Elmo!! It took me almost a year to convince *my* sister to read it, but it was worth it. It's now her favorite Mon, 20 Aug 2001 04:58:05 GMT ryates790 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/11 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/11 I bought a used book that contained three of Racine's plays---Phaedra was one of them. I read the entire play. The fact that Augusta mentioned it in St. Elmo Thu, 16 Aug 2001 03:57:02 GMT effiebaldwin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/10 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/10 Wow! You've put some cool photos in the albums. I especially love the copy of "Inez" (I've never seen that cover before) and "The Heart of the Andes" painting. Thu, 16 Aug 2001 03:39:12 GMT effiebaldwin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/9 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/9 So the name of the poem was "Summum Bonum???" If so, that must be where Augusta got the idea for St. Elmo's remark at the top of page 131. We know that she Thu, 16 Aug 2001 03:26:01 GMT effiebaldwin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/8 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/8 Hi SES. Have you read the entire Phaedra play? I haven't but you've summarized it very nicely. Your research, as always, is intriguing and helpful in Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:50:30 GMT ryates790 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/7 I found this beautiful poem while I was searching for the meaning of summum bonum, mentioned in chapter 12 of St. Elmo ("...that summum bonum of feminine Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:41:43 GMT ryates790 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/6 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/augustaevanswilson/message/6 Anyone who has read St. Elmo (or any *other* of Augusta's novels) knows that she is an awesome writer. Everything she includes in her descriptions are there