Her Shadowed Life: A Romance of St. Augustine
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Abstract
**Warning: Some readers may find certain scenes in this book disturbing.**
A story of forbidden love and marriage between a girl of sixteen, Leah, and a young man, Herbert, on leave from college. Forced to hide her marriage, the girl becomes a secretary to a wealthy woman in St. Augustine. But a secret wedding is not the only secret, and some secrets can have unforeseen consequences. As she grows older, how many secrets will Leah have to keep after the first one from her grandmother as a high school girl? And, if she is exposed as a bigamist will she become a social outcast?
It is hard to identify specific locations in this story. A palm cottage comes up many times, but whether it is Flagler College's palm cottage (used for the map), or one of the homes on Palm Lane could not be determined.
A story of forbidden love and marriage between a girl of sixteen, Leah, and a young man, Herbert, on leave from college. Forced to hide her marriage, the girl becomes a secretary to a wealthy woman in St. Augustine. But a secret wedding is not the only secret, and some secrets can have unforeseen consequences. As she grows older, how many secrets will Leah have to keep after the first one from her grandmother as a high school girl? And, if she is exposed as a bigamist will she become a social outcast?
It is hard to identify specific locations in this story. A palm cottage comes up many times, but whether it is Flagler College's palm cottage (used for the map), or one of the homes on Palm Lane could not be determined.
This book is dedicated to Henry Flagler.
Creator
Title
Her Shadowed Life: A Romance of St. Augustine
Publisher
Chicago: E.A. Weeks and Company
Date
Language
English
Audience
Subject
Romance
Coverage
Flagler Era
Has Format
Available for free on Internet Archive.
References
Gardner, Janette C. An Annotated Bibliography of Florida Fiction, 1801-1980. St. Petersburg, FL: Little Bayou Press, 1983.
Mason, Walter Scott. The People of Florida as Portrayed in American Fiction. Nashville, TN: George Peabody College for Teachers, 1949.
Bibliographic Citation
Marean, Beatrice. Her Shadowed Life: A Romance of St. Augustine. Chicago: E.A. Weeks and Co., 1893.
Collection
Citation
Beatrice Marean, “Her Shadowed Life: A Romance of St. Augustine,” St. Augustine Fiction, accessed July 16, 2025, https://staugustinefiction.omeka.net/items/show/69.