PC Travels With A Donkey In Cevennes

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson was suffering from poor health, struggling to survive on the income derived from his writings, and tormented by his infatuation with Fanny Osbourne, a married American woman. His response was to embark on journeys through Cévennes and America where he wrote ‘Travels With a Donkey’ and ‘The Amateur Emigrant’.

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Publish Date: 29/07/2004
ISBN: 9780141439464 Category:

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In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson was suffering from poor health, struggling to survive on the income derived from his writings, and tormented by his infatuation with Fanny Osbourne, a married American woman. His response was to embark on a journey through the Cevennes with a donkey, Modestine, and a notebook, which he later transformed into Travels with a Donkey. Just a few months after publication, Stevenson was off again – this time crossing the Atlantic and the breadth of America in the hope of being re-united with Fanny, an experience he recorded in The Amateur Emigrant. Both pieces are classics of travel writings, which reveal as much about Stevenson’s character as the landscape he travels through.

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Weight 236 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 18 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

269

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

828.803 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K