{"product_id":"evangeline-large-print","title":"Evangeline — Großdruck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat holds a promise together when exile tears a whole village apart?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Grand-Pré, meadows lie behind dikes, and pines and hemlocks stand near the sea. Evangeline Bellefontaine looks toward marriage with Gabriel Lajeunesse, the blacksmith’s son. Then British ships arrive in the bay of Minas. When the men and boys are ordered into the church, the village’s quiet life gives way to the threat of forced exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Wadsworth Longfellow’s long narrative poem follows Evangeline as she searches for Gabriel among Acadians scattered across America. Its prologue and two parts carry you from a farming village into a landscape of separation and longing. Through the betrothal, the gathering in the church, and the long search, a question persists: how much can devotion endure when home and certainty disappear?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA village before exile\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter Grand-Pré through its meadows, sea tides, and the dikes its farmers build.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA promise under threat\u003c\/strong\u003e – Share Evangeline and Gabriel’s hopes as news of British ships unsettles their village.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe church gathering\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch a familiar place become a trap as the men gather to hear orders.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDevotion across distance\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow a steadfast woman whose love keeps her searching through exile and uncertainty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA rolling verse line\u003c\/strong\u003e – Feel how Longfellow’s dactylic hexameter carries landscapes and longing in a loose, swaying rhythm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers drawn to love and loss against real history, and anyone curious about the Acadians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and enter Grand-Pré, where a quiet village holds a love soon tested by exile.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534575075676,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/05816_en_ebook-front_c20_49c17093-74e7-4e4d-b2e0-e860ae42439d.jpg?v=1792174909","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/evangeline-grossdruck","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}