Evangeline; A Tale of Acadie

Plot

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

Evangeline describes the betrothal of a fictional Acadian girl named Evangeline Bellefontaine to her beloved, Gabriel Lajeunesse, and their separation as the British deport the Acadians from Acadie in the Great Upheaval.


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