ABSTRACT
Augusta Jane Evans Wilson sixth novel, Infelice, first came out in 1875 by G. W. Dillingham, the publisher who succeeded G. W. Carleton & Co., and it is still in print. The novel was adapted into a dramatization, copyrighted by Wisner Gillette Scott as well as into a black-and-white film released in the United Kingdom in 1915, starring Peggy Hyland, Fred Paul, Bertram Burleigh, and Queenie Thomas. To Evans, having established her name and then retaining her own identity was an important issue that exceeded business concerns. Regardless of how many more responsibilities Evans assumed by becoming mistress of Ashland and matriarch to grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and stepdaughter Fannie; she did continue to write, albeit not as intensely as before her marriage. Evans was an avid theatergoer in both New York and Mobile. Evans and other post-bellum writers were intentional in their efforts to establish a new national literature that would measure up to or even surpass European art.
