Evangeline

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Overview

Evangeline is the epic tale of one woman's search for her lost love. In the tumult of the Acadian expulsion from Canada, Evangeline Bellefontaine is separated from her beloved Gabriel Lajeunesse. As she journeys across the United States, she anxiously tries to find a trace of Lajeunesse, without success. Years go by and Evangeline despairs of ever seeing her love's face again. But when all hope seems gone, the couple is given one final chance to reunite... One of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's most famous long poems, Evangeline is a hauntingly beautiful tribute to the endurance of love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605123721
Publisher:	Akasha Classics
Publication date:	04/12/2009
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfewllow was born on February 27, 1807, in Portland, Maine. He spent most of his youth in this quiet and charming town that inspired a number of his poems. When he was a young adolescent, he left for Bourdoin College, located about thirty miles from Portland. One of his classmates was Nathaniel Hawthorne, the future novelist who was to play a major role in the genesis of Evangeline.