Evangeline (Paperback)

Evangeline is Longfellow's great love story, told whole and made to be read aloud. On the day of her betrothal feast, Evangeline's village of Grand-Pré is put under arrest and its people are shipped into exile. She and Gabriel are parted at the water's edge, and the poem follows her long search for him. This edition gives you the complete poem with a short plain-English note before every section, so the story is easy to follow whether you read it alone or out loud to someone you love. It is something a screen cannot give: a real book you hold, write in, and hand on.

Who it is for

• Readers who want Evangeline complete, not in extracts
• Families and couples who read aloud together, or anyone reading to an older parent
• A reader with Acadian roots, or a family link to Nova Scotia or Louisiana, where much of the story takes place

What is inside

• The prelude, "This is the forest primeval", with its own note
• Part the First, five sections: The village of Grand-Pré; Autumn evening and alarming news; The notary and the contract; The betrothal feast and the order; Embarkation and the burning
• Part the Second, five sections that follow her search: The scattering and her refusal; Down the Mississippi to the bayous; Basil found on the prairies; Westward to the Ozark mission; Philadelphia and the almshouse
• An About This Book introduction to Longfellow and the poem's long, unrhymed six-beat lines
• A contents page, and a This Book Belongs To page for the owner's name, who gave it, the occasion and the year

Each note sits at the head of its section and says in a short paragraph what happens there. The verse follows in 16.5-point type, inside a ruled border with small hummingbird and flower ornaments in the corners.

Details

• Pages: 98
• Trim: 8.5 x 11 in (US Letter)
• Binding: Paperback, perfect bound
• Paper: 60# cream, uncoated
• Interior: Premium black and white

Published under our Sovereign Publishing imprint. Every copy is printed to order, and shipping is free on every order, within Australia and internationally. Paperbacks take approximately 3 weeks to arrive; these are estimates and may be longer for remote destinations or during November and December.

Also available as a hardcover.