Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes Illustrated
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Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes Illustrated
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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
language : en
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Release Date : 2021-02-14
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes Illustrated written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-14 with categories.
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
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes Illustrated
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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
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Release Date : 2020-07-13
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes Illustrated written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-13 with categories.
TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES illustrated complete edition with original vintage classic illustrations 'Stevenson's masterpiece, a "little book" that describes a wayward, inconsequential journey and a strange love affair (with a donkey) in which, as in all the best journeys, the author finds himself renewed, refreshed and, returning from his travels, once more ready for the fray.' (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson, author of classics such as Kidnapped and Treasure Island, embarked on a walking tour of the Cévennes, a mountainous region in south-central France. His travelling companion was Modestine, a diminutive donkey with a mind of her own who, over the course of the journey, bore some of his provisions and much of his rancour. Modestine and Stevenson tramped without plan or purpose through scenic villages and fearsome forests-reportedly infested with man-eating wolves-depending on peasants, Trappist monks and passersby for supplies, shelter and directions. They were beset by storms and unhelpful residents, but were also granted views of splendid vistas and cold, clear nights. And, over twelve days, 200 kilometres, and many shared adventures, Stevenson came to love his obdurate, manipulative little companion. Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes has inspired generations of later travellers and writers, from John Steinbeck-and his Travels with Charley-to Bruce Chatwin and Graham Greene, including present-day hikers who retrace the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail. Written in timeless prose, and with biting wit, this slim volume is a treat for all readers.
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes
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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
language : en
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Release Date : 1909
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Cévennes Mountains (France) categories.
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes By Robert Louis Stevenson Delphi Classics Illustrated
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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
language : en
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Release Date : 2017-07-17
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes By Robert Louis Stevenson Delphi Classics Illustrated written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by Delphi Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-17 with Fiction categories.
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Stevenson includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Stevenson’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
An Inland Voyage
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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
language : en
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Release Date : 1878
An Inland Voyage written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by Cosimo Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Travel categories.
An account of the author's canoe trip from Antwerp in Belgium to Pontoise in France.
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes Original Edition
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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
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Release Date : 2020-08
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes Original Edition written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08 with categories.
"Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes" written by Robert Louis StevensonIt was already hard upon October before I was ready to set forth, and at the high altitudes over which my road lay there was no Indian summer to be looked for. I was determined, if not to camp out, at least to have the means of camping out in my possession; for there is nothing more harassing to an easy mind than the necessity of reaching shelter by dusk, and the hospitality of a village inn is not always to be reckoned sure by those who trudge on foot. A tent, above all for a solitary traveller, is troublesome to pitch, and troublesome to strike again; and even on the march it forms a conspicuous feature in your baggage. A sleeping-sack, on the other hand, is always ready-you have only to get into it; it serves a double purpose-a bed by night, a portmanteau by day; and it does not advertise your intention of camping out to every curious passer-by. This is a huge point. If a camp is not secret, it is but a troubled resting-place; you become a public character; the convivial rustic visits your bedside after an early supper; and you must sleep with one eye open, and be up before the day. I decided on a sleeping-sack; and after repeated visits to Le Puy, and a deal of high living for myself and my advisers, a sleeping-sack was designed, constructed, and triumphantly brought home.This child of my invention was nearly six feet square, exclusive of two triangular flaps to serve as a pillow by night and as the top and bottom of the sack by day. I call it 'the sack, ' but it was never a sack by more than courtesy: only a sort of long roll or sausage, green waterproof cart-cloth without and blue sheep's fur within. It was commodious as a valise, warm and dry for a bed. There was luxurious turning room for one; and at a pinch the thing might serve for two. I could bury myself in it up to the neck; for my head I trusted to a fur cap, with a hood to fold down over my ears and a band to pass under my nose like a respirator; and in case of heavy rain I proposed to make myself a little tent, or tentlet, with my waterproof coat, three stones, and a bent branch.It will readily be conceived that I could not carry this huge package on my own, merely human, shoulders. It remained to choose a beast of burden. Now, a horse is a fine lady among animals, flighty, timid, delicate in eating, of tender health; he is too valuable and too restive to be left alone, so that you are chained to your brute as to a fellow galley-slave; a dangerous road puts him out of his wits; in short, he's an uncertain and exacting ally, and adds thirty-fold to the troubles of the voyager. What I required was something cheap and small and hardy, and of a stolid and peaceful temper; and all these requisites pointed to a donkey
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes Robert Louis Stevenson
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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
language : en
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Release Date : 2020-07-12
Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes Robert Louis Stevenson written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-12 with categories.
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes By Robert Louis StevensonStevenson was in his late 20s and still dependent on his parents for support. His journey was designed to provide material for publication while allowing him to distance himself from a love affair with an American woman of which his friends and families did not approve and who had returned to her husband in California.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. The terrain, with its barren rocky heather-filled hillsides, he often compared to parts of Scotland. The other principal character is Modestine, a stubborn, manipulative donkey he could never quite master. It is one of the earliest accounts to present hiking and camping outdoors as a recreational activity. It also tells of commissioning one of the first sleeping bags, large and heavy enough to require a donkey to carry. Stevenson is several times mistaken for a peddler, the usual occupation of someone traveling in his fashion. Some locals are horrified that he would sleep outdoors and suggest it is dangerous to do so because of wolves or robbers. Stevenson provides the reader with the philosophy behind his undertaking
Ballads
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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
language : en
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's Sons
Release Date : 1890
Ballads written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by New York, C. Scribner's Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Ballads, English categories.
Downhill All The Way
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Author : Hilary Macaskill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Downhill All The Way written by Hilary Macaskill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Robert Louis Stevenson spent 12 days with a donkey walking in the Cevennes in France in 1878. His Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes became an instant hit, and his route is now called the Stevenson Trail. Hilary Macaskill and Molly Wood negotiated the whole 212 kilometres of the trail with donkeys, tenacity and a little humour, and lived to write about their adventure, along with loads of local facts about cuisine, flora, fauna and donkey management.
A Child S Garden Of Verse
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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
language : en
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Release Date : 1901
A Child S Garden Of Verse written by Robert Louis Stevenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1901 with Children's poetry categories.
The classic book of children's poetry that immortalized "The Land of Counterpane," "The Land of Nod," "My Shadow," and "Foreign Land."