

In 1913, at the age of nineteen, Elsie Dunn- later to be known as Evelyn Scott- turned her back on the genteel Southern world she was born into and ran off to Brazil with a married Tulane University dean more than twice her age. Living in tropical exile under assumed names,...

"Escapade" is a powerful and unflinching autobiographical account by Evelyn Scott, a prominent figure in American modernism. The work chronicles the author's harrowing experiences during her self-imposed exile in South America. Having fled the social constraints of the United...