After an uncouth beginning, I had the best of luck to the end. Try again. It is also one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping outdoors as a recreational activity. UPE: 15,95 € Preis: 12,95 € Sie sparen: 3,00 € (18 %) 12,95 € Momentan nicht verfügbar. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more nearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilization, and find the globe granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints. Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes is a charming account of this Romantic’s walk, through the rugged countryside, in all weathers, accompanied by his obstinate donkey, Modestine. I travel for travel's sake. Before Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island and Kidnapped he undertook writing Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes to raise cash to be able to be with the woman he loved. 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. Unable to add item to List. Something went wrong. New York : Current Literature, 1909 (OCoLC)1086376520: Material Type: Internet resource: Document Type: Book, Internet Resource: All Authors / Contributors: Robert Louis Stevenson. Shipping: FREE. Stevenson was in his late 20s and still dependent on his parents for support. Next. Robert Louis Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes consists of 18 parts for ease of reading. One is Stevenson's travels in Southern France with a contrary donkey on a journey which took over twelve days solitary hiking and of 120 miles. The Only Way Is West: A Once In a Lifetime Adventure Walking 500 Miles On Spain's C... Never Drive A Hatchback To Austria: And Other Valuable Life Lessons. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes - AND the Amateur Emigrant by Ro. New. ... , Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. I love to follow in his footsteps and over the years have done so in an air-conditioned car, on foot and even using public transport. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes Synopsis: Told with painstaking historical accuracy, François Marret recreates Robert Louis Stevenson’s twelve-day journey through the Cevennes Mountains of France in 1879, a trip which resulted in “Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes”, one of the greatest travel volumes in English literature. After an uncouth beginning, I had the best of luck to the end. Paperback. 3,9 von 5 Sternen. Recommended - for those seeking something different. Product description. You may still travel the length of the route with a donkey to carry your bags and pass the time of day with farmers and country folk. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes: Large Print: Stevenson, Robert Louis: Amazon.sg: Books The book was a success then, and remains popular now - there is now an official and popular French walking trail roughly following his route. But we are all travellers in what John Bunyan calls the wilderness of this world,—all, too, travellers with a donkey; and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevenne (annotated) Robert Louis Stevenson. Travels with or without a donkey in the Cevennes The Cevennes is not only a territory of chaotic meteorological effects, of past religious wars and a hiking spot for depressed writers. Travels with a Donkey describes Stevenson’s hiking trip in the Cevennes, in South-Central France. More than that, it is an identity, a culture, an heritage of nature and humanity. Verified Purchase. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 July 2020. Wir wissen nicht, wann oder ob dieser Artikel wieder auf Lager sein wird. About the Author. Try This was perhaps the start of comic travel writing - RLS's influence is clear in Three Men in a Boat and Mark Twain's 'The Innocents Abroad', and even today. Father Apollinaris; The Monks; The Boarders; Upper Gévaudan (continued) Across The Goulet ; A Night Among The Pines; The Country Of The Camisards. The wild Cevennes region of France forms the backdrop for the pioneering travelogue 'Travels with a Donkey, ' written by a young Robert Louis Stevenson. As for a Catholic priest who left the priesthood and married, the sentiment common to all was that it is wrong to change one's commitments. I travel for travel's sake. Lots of advice for disabled guests, and heads up on which restaurants and hotels accept donkeys and dogs as guests. 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