Nice change of pace Carries me away. Great read. This guy can write...has a great future. It is entrancing, haunting. I wanted it to go on. In addition to the lyrical euphoria, this gives a great perception of the life and times surrounding the historic conflict and relocation. I am encouraging all my friends to put down their heavy, current books and revive the other side of their brains.
For all who love Evangeline, this will not disappoint! I have a passion for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's lyrical lines of Evangeline. Therefore, I was uneasy in the purchase of Evangeline, A Novel. I shouldn't have been. Finis Fox's insight into the lives, loves and losses of the Acadians is remarkable. He adds to the story lines rather than detracting from them. His words are at once romantic and colorful, lulling you into passive reflection. The emotions are all there, the joy, the pain and the suffering. He does not stray far from Longfellow's poem, using the same names of people and places. It is a story worth reading! It would be worth the price if it were twice as much. I wish it could have been longer, but in staying true to Longfellow, the story moved much the same as did the poem. If you loved Evangeline, you will love this novel as much or maybe more!
What I was looking for. I bought two of this item. My step mother wanted to find this storybook for a long time friend. So one for my stepmom and one for her friend. Both books arrived in first class condition and the subject matter was exactly what was wanted. Worth the price and I'm thankful that such literature is still printed. I was surprised to find the story was about early Nove Scotia and it's people.
Evangeline by Longfellow Evangeline is Longfellow's masterpiece. The poem begins with the famous "forest primeval" . The reader is taken to the home of the Acadian farmers and the famous village reminescent of a variety of tradespeople. The work describes whole communities dispersed and separated from the homeland in the mid-1700s. Evangeline and Gabriel flee home and experience the pain of separation despite the fact that Gabriel seems to keep a step ahead during a major part of the story. The work attests to the beauty and strength of a woman's devotion. In many ways, our fate and destiny tend to be random events which are out of our immediate control. This work traces the fate of important characters living in a state of uncontrolled flux and uncertainty . Readers of the poem will discover how the story unfolds and the difficult choices presented at various stages of Longfellow's journey. The work is written utilizing an advanced vocabulary typical of the writers during this period .
Highly recommended I heard about this book from my mom a few weeks ago after I went to see the movie Serendipity. I told her about the plot of the two people in love searching for one another and just missing every time. She said it reminded her of another story, Evangeline. Since i attend an engineering school I am always very eager to read books with real meaning behind them, given that all my textbooks focus on is wastewater treatment, biological processes, etc... So given that I wasn't really expecting too much but a relief from textbooks when I picked up this book. Little did I know it was soon to become one of my favorites. I was pleasantly surprised by the Christian influences behind the poem and found myself crying a lot more than I expected. I highly recommend this to anyone who has a great appreciation for well written, romantic poetry and literature.
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