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Evangeline - A Tale of Acadie (Paperback)
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Evangeline - A Tale of Acadie (Paperback)
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Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847) is an epic poem by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow. A master of poetic tradition and form,
Longfellow wrote Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie in dactylic
hexameter, the meter of such classical epics as Homer's Iliad and
Odyssey as well as Virgil's Aeneid. Inspired by the experience of
the Acadians, a Francophone people living in northern Maine and the
Canadian Maritime provinces who were forcefully expelled by British
forces during the French and Indian War, Longfellow composed his
American epic, a story of faith, romance, and perseverance steeped
in tradition and beloved by generations to come. In the French
colony of Acadie, a young woman named Evangeline Bellefontaine
marries Gabriel Lajeunesse. They begin their lives together in
happiness, surrounded by the beauty of the forests and waters of
the Maritimes. When war breaks out between the French and the
British, the Acadians are forced out of their homes by the
advancing British. Separated from Gabriel, Evangeline makes her way
across America in search of safety and her missing husband. After
several near misses and years of living on the road, Evangeline
settles in Philadelphia, where she joins a convent and cares for
the sick as a deadly epidemic sweeps across the land. Evangeline: A
Tale of Acadie is an epic of a forgotten history, a tale of
hardship and the love that would overcome it. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie is a
classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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