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Travels with a Donkey: A Journey Across France (Equestrian Travel Classics) (Paperback)

by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author) "In a little place called Le Monastier, in a pleasant highland valley fifteen miles from Le Puy, I spent about a month of fine days..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Long Riders' Guild Press US (1 Aug 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1590480244
  • ISBN-13: 978-1590480243
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.9 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,553,035 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The wild Cévennes region of France forms the backdrop for the pioneering travelogue 'Travels with a Donkey', written by a young Robert Louis Stevenson. Ever hopeful of encountering the adventure he yearned for and raising much needed finance at the start of his writing career, Stevenson embarked on the 120 mile, 12 day trek and recorded his experiences in this journal. His only companion for the trip was a predictably stubborn donkey called Modestine.

'Travels with a Donkey' gives the reader a rare glimpse of the character of the author, and the journalistic and often comical style of writing is in refreshing contrast to Stevenson’s more famous works. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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4.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting travel book, 16 Feb 2001
For those who know Stevenson only from his popular fiction titles - treasure island, kidnapped, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and others - this book presents a different Stevenson, a man of letters, of learning and of sly, good-natured humor. Stevenson takes us and his donkey, Modestine, on a trip to the Cevennes in France, to meet its people and visit its places, while musing on the nature of human beings, of life, of history, and of nature itself, written in a rich, evocative language and a distinctive style.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A short enjoyable read., 12 April 2006
Animal lovers may be a little upset by RLS's early treatment of Modestine... however he does shed a tear for her on parting.

The book is a tale of walking which RLS truly enjoys, good evocation of France and the French in a time before tourism. A short enjoyable read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nick Taylder who lately travelled the Cevennes without a donkey, 19 Oct 2009
By N. Taylder "Cevennes" (Letchworth, England) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book to replace a much earlier edition of the work which got damaged in the Cevennes holiday because everyone of my adult family wanted to read it. The early edition belonged to my daughter and I promised to replace it. When I received this edition I very reluctanly forwarded it to my daughter as I was very keen to have it for my own collection. It is superb
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