This version includes the fragment "A mountain town in France", originally intended as the opening chapter, but often omitted and published as a separate essay. In Travels with a Donkey (1879), Robert Louis Stevenson explores the relatively unknown south-central Cévennes region of France, while paralleling the region’s history and landscape with those of his native Scotland. This morally ambiguous, dreamlike romance, with its larger-than-life villain Long John Silver as observed by young Jim Hawkins, was popular with juvenile and adult readers alike, including. Stevenson was in his late 20s and still dependent on his parents for support. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 - Journey - France - Cvannes Mountains, Authors, Scottish - 19th century - Biography Publisher Boston : Herbert B. Humorous on his own failings as a traveller, and on his travails with Modestine the self-willed donkey, it is also an exploration of peasant life in an area marked by the violence of the wars of religion. Travels with a Donkey in the Cvennes (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. Download cover art Download CD case insert Travels with a Donkey in the CevennesĪ classic of travel writing, this book recounts Stevenson's adventures on an extended walk through uplands and mountains in south-western France.
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