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Myles Birket Foster2
Evandeline's home by Myles Birket Foster, 1880

Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie is a long poem. It was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It was published in 1847. The poem is about a girl named Evangeline. She searches for her lost love Gabriel. Longfellow got the idea for the poem from his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne. He modelled the poem on the Greek and Roman classics. Evangeline is one of Longfellow's most popular works.

Story

Evangeline is a girl of Acadie, a place in Canada. She is engaged to Gabriel. They are separated when the British deport the Acadians from Acadie in the Great Upheaval. She searches for him across America. This takes many years. Sometimes she is close to him without knowing he is near. Finally she settles in Philadelphia. She grows old. She works as a Sister of Mercy among the poor. She tends the dying during an epidemic. She finds Gabriel among the sick. He dies in her arms.

Gallery

  • Henry W Longfellow with signature-crop

    Longfellow about 1850

  • Evangeline statue St Martinville Louisiana closeup trim

    Statue in St Martinville, Louisiana

  • Grand Pré

    Evangeline statue in Grand-Pré

Images for kids

  • Joseph Rusling Meeker, The Acadians in the Achafalaya, "Evangeline," 1871

    Joseph Rusling Meeker (American, 1827–1889). The Acadians in the Achafalaya, "Evangeline," 1871. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum

  • Samuel Richards - Evangeline Discovering Her Affianced in the Hospital (c1887-89)

    Samuel Richards's painting "Evangeline Discovering Her Affianced in the Hospital"


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