Evangeline: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Evangeline, credited to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Read by Leonard Wilson. Evangeline is one of Longfellow’s most popular poems and was once a great favorite with the American people. For many years almost every school child studied this poem during the middle school years. Although the decline of the reputation of the once-idolized poet has also brought neglect to this classic, it is still a very touching and expertly written work of art. It is based upon the tragic expulsion of the French settlers from Acadia (located in the Canadian maritime provinces) during the French & Indian War (1754-1763). Many Acadians died as a result of their exile, and many families were separated, including the heroine of this poem and her betrothed. Although she is a fictional character, statues of her and other memorials exist in Nova Scotia and other places now inhabited by descendants of the Acadians, later frequently known as “Cajuns.” (Introduction by Leonard Wilson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Evangeline
• Author credits: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 2:02:17

Catalogue topics

• public domain
• poetry
• longfellow
• wadsworth
• evangeline
• poem
• Acadia
• French settlers

Track guide

1. 01 - Intro and Part the First, section 1 — 13:53
2. 02 - Part the First, section 2 — 10:41
3. 03 - Part the First, section 3 — 10:11
4. 04 - Part the First, section 4 — 12:26
5. 05 - Part the First, section 5 — 12:27
6. 06 - Part the Second, section 1 — 6:57
7. 07 - Part the Second, section 2 — 12:11
8. 08 - Part the Second, section 3 — 15:34
9. 09 - Part the Second, section 4 — 14:47
10. 10 - Part the Second, section 5 — 13:13

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