When I was in school, I hated reading the classics. So little time to get into them and try to figure them out. A lot of those were included on my Kindle when I bought it years ago. Occasionally I read from that stash. Last year we visited Cajun country in Louisiana and I got hooked on the plight of these people. So I looked, and sure enough, "Evangeline" was included in those initial books. I read that and really enjoyed it. Will probably read it again, just to pick up on what I missed. Still not a great study of prose, but enjoyed it just the same. When you do a search about the Cajun people, this book is always the first that pops up. Not technically a history book, but a story of what life was like for many of these people.
Dale