Evangeline (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- First Published: 1847
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Pastoral
- Time of Work: Mid-eighteenth century
- Setting: French Canada and the United States
- Principal Characters: Evangeline Bellefontaine, Gabriel Lajeunesse, Basil Lajeunesse, Benedict Bellefontaine
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: United States or Americans
- Locales: United States
The Story:
In the Acadian province, in the village of Grand-Pré, lived a peaceful farming people who were undisturbed by the wars between the French and British. In a land where there was enough for all, there was no covetousness and no envy, and everyone lived at peace with his neighbor. Benedict Bellefontaine had his farm somewhat apart from the village. His daughter, Evangeline, directed her father’s household. Although she had many suitors, she favored only one, Gabriel Lajeunesse, the son of Basil, the village blacksmith. Their fathers were friends, and the children had...
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