Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes - Robert Louis Stevenson

Category: Autobiography & Biographies, Humor
Language: English
Keywords: Adventure Travel

Written by Robert Louis Stevenson
Read by Melissa Thompson
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
Narrated by: Melissa Thompson
Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 10-03-2020
Language: English
Publisher: MuseumAudiobooks.com

Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879), a pioneering classic of outdoor literature, is one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s earliest published works. It gives an account of his 12 day, 200 kilometer hiking journey through the sparsely populated areas of the Cévennes mountains in south-central France. The Cévennes was the site of a Protestant rebellion around 1702, which was severely suppressed by Louis XIV. Stevenson was well-versed in the history and evokes scenes from the rebellion as he passes through the area of the rebellion during the final days of his trek. The terrain, with its heather-filled hillsides, reminded him of parts of Scotland. He was accompanied by Modestine, a stubborn and manipulative donkey. The book discusses hiking and camping and tells of commissioning one of the first sleeping bags.

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