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This section contains free e-books and guides on Classics, some of the resources in this section can be viewed online and some of them can be downloaded.
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Gallic WarJulius CaesarOnline | NA Pages | EnglishThe Gallic Wars were a series of military
campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic
tribes.
| My AntoniaWilla CatherOnline | NA Pages | EnglishMy Ántonia tells the stories of
several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in
America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose
eldest daughter is named Ántonia. Jim Burden,The book's narrator, arrives in
the fictional town of Black Hawk, Nebraska, on the same train as the Shimerdas,
as he goes to live with his grandparents after his parents have died. Jim
develops strong feelings for Antonia, something between a crush and a filial
bond, and the reader views Antonia's life, including its attendant struggles and
triumphs, through that lens.
| The Kama sutra of VatsyayanaVatsyayanaOnline | NA Pages | EnglishThe Kama Sutra is an ancient
Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual
behavior in Sanskrit literature written by Vatsyayana. A portion of the work
consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse.It is largely in prose,
with many inserted anustubh poetry verses. Kama, which is one of the three
goals of Hindu life, means sensual or sexual pleasure, and sutra literally
means a thread or line that holds things together, and more metaphorically
refers to an aphorism (or line, rule, formula), or a collection of such
aphorisms in the form of a manual. Contrary to popular perception, especially
in the western world, Kama sutra is not just an exclusive sex manual; it
presents itself as a guide to a virtuous and gracious living that discusses
the nature of love, family life and other aspects pertaining to pleasure
oriented faculties of human life.
| The Heir of RedclyffeCharlotte
M. YongeOnline | 504 Pages | EnglishThe Heir of Redclyffe was the first of Charlotte M. Yonge's
bestselling romantic novels. Its religious tone derives from the High Church
background of her family and from her friendship with a leading figure in the
Oxford Movement, John Keble, who closely supervised the writing of the book.
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