Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes and the Amateur Emigrant

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ISBN9780141439464
AuthorsRobert Louis Stevenson
PublisherPenguin Books Ltd
FormatPaperback
Number of pages320
Weight (kg)0.230
Publishing Date29/07/2004
Price (excl. tax)€12.50
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Price (incl. tax)€13.25
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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.