May 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

New Edition of Evangeline Breathes New Life into Classic Work

FORT LAUDERDALE, OCTOBER 15, 2004:  “This is the forest primeval.”  So Longfellow begins Evangeline, his first great work.  It is a tribute to the memory of the Acadians, who were forcibly removed from their peaceful home in Nova Scotia three centuries ago.  

Françoise Paradis, Ed.D.s’ new edition of Evangeline integrates the history of the Acadians, the history of Longfellow, her own connection and emotions tied to the work, reprints of lithographs of the period, and reprints of paintings by an Acadian artist to flesh out his work and breathe new life into a classic work. 

Praise for Evangeline: 

“It is a story we recognize today, and one which offers hope in the face of loss.”

                                                                        Rhea Côté Robbins, Author of Wednesday’s Child                                                                                       Founder and Director, Franco-American Women’s Institute

“François Paradis has done a great service to the world of literature by reprinting Longfellow’s epic masterpiece…”       Dr. Roger Paradis, Acadian History Professor, University of Maine

                                                                        at Fort Kent

Dr. Françoise Paradis is the seventh child in a French-speaking family of fourteen children in Frenchville, the heart of French-Canadian and Acadian culture in Maine.  She currently lives in Buxton, Maine, where she has established Hidden Springs Psychological Services and Retreat Center and volunteers at the Wadsworth-Longfellow House and the Maine Historical Society’s library.  Dr. Layne Longfellow, author of the Foreword, is a member of the Board of Directors, Friends of the Longfellow House, Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  His great-great-grandfather, Michael, was Henry W. Longfellow’s cousin.

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