| Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes: And Other Travel Writings Contributor(s): Stevenson, Robert Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486829316 ISBN-13: 9780486829319 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $9.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Travel | Europe - Western - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 824.8 |
| LCCN: 2018026112 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 8" (0.45 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Temperament and poor health motivated Robert Louis Stevenson to travel widely throughout his short life, and before he was celebrated as the author of Treasure Island, A Child's Garden of Verses, and other immortal works, he was known for his travelogues. This collection presents some of his finest writing in that vein, starting with "An Inland Voyage." This 1878 chronicle of a canoe journey through Belgium and France charmingly captures the European villages and townspeople of a bygone era. Other selections include "Travels with a Donkey in the C vennes," a humorous account of a mountain trek, and "Forest Notes," a meditation on nature based on visits to the Forest of Fontainebleau near Paris and adjacent artists' colonies. These early writings offer captivating insights into Stevenson's bohemian nature and the wanderlust that sent him from his native Scotland to journeys around the world. |