Beschreibung. Read it and live it for yourself: The classic 19th century travelogue by the author of "Treasure Island" and "Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde" is the evergreen story of one man's 200-mile hike through the mountainous heart of France, and his love-hate relationship with his companion Modestine, a donkey with a personality as broad as the dramatic landscapes of the Languedoc and beyond. Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. Share with WhatsApp. The notebook Stevenson kept during this time became Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, a highly entertaining account of the French and their country. After an uncouth beginning, I had the best of luck to the end. "[citation needed]. Chateau Beaufort from Goudet sur Loire.jpg 4,032 × 6,491; 17.83 MB. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. His account of a twelve day journey through an area of north east France in the 1870s is the record of a man with an open mind discovering much about himself, about the people he meets, and about the the world around him. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Like “The great affair is to move.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, by Robert Louis Stevenson The Project Gutenberg eBook, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Illustrated by Walter Crane This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. Stevenson practically invented the hiking holiday - and certainly came up with the design for a sleeping bag, in his case a complicated leather bed, strapped to his celebrated donkey. Some locals are horrified that he would sleep outdoors and suggest it is dangerous to do so because of wolves or robbers. Please try again. 5.0 out of 5 stars Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Father Apollinaris; The Monks; The Boarders; Upper Gévaudan (continued) Across The Goulet ; A Night Among The Pines; The Country Of The Camisards. Find great deals for Travels With a Donkey in the Cevenne, Paperback by Stevenson, Robert Louis, B.... Shop with confidence on eBay! Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. Unable to add item to List. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes - AND the Amateur Emigrant by Ro. Our new tour, Mont Aigoual and the Cevennes, follows in the donkey tracks of Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Travels recounts Stevenson's 12-day, 200-kilometre (120 mi) solo hiking journey through the sparsely populated and impoverished areas of the Cévennes mountains in south-central France in 1878. Publication date 1879 Publisher Boston : Roberts Bros. Collection library_of_congress; americana Digitizing sponsor The Library of Congress Contributor The Library of Congress The best feature of this book is the beautiful way that it is written, a pleasure to read regardless of the content. A classic of travel writing, this book recounts Stevenson's adventures on an extended walk through uplands and mountains in south-western France. Stevenson was Protestant by upbringing, and a non-believer by philosophy. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. New York : Current Literature, 1909 (OCoLC)1086376520: Material Type: Internet resource: Document Type: Book, Internet Resource: All Authors / Contributors: Robert Louis Stevenson. The walking trip that Stevenson describes in Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879) was taken when the nascent author was still in his twenties and pining for a lost love. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more clearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilization, and find the globe granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints. Convert currency. More than that, it is an identity, a culture, an heritage of nature and humanity. Paperback. In englischer Sprache (Originaltext). Wir wissen nicht, wann oder ob dieser Artikel wieder auf Lager sein wird. Stars travels with a Donkey in the United Kingdom on 7 January.. Short-Story writer, and heads up on which restaurants and hotels accept donkeys and dogs as guests when enter... 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