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Travels with a donkey in the Cévennes ; and, The amateur emigrant / Robert Louis Stevenson ; edited with an introduction and notes by Christopher MacLachlan.
- Title
- Travels with a donkey in the Cévennes ; and, The amateur emigrant / Robert Louis Stevenson ; edited with an introduction and notes by Christopher MacLachlan.
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
- Publication
- London : Penguin, 2004.
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- Additional Authors
- MacLachlan, C. J. M.
- Description
- xliii, 269 p. : maps; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson escaped from his numerous troubles - poor health, tormented love, inadequate funds - by embarking on a journey through the Cevennes in France, accompanied by Modestine, a rather single-minded donkey. The notebook Stevenson kept during this time became Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, a highly entertaining account of the French people and their country. The Amateur Emigrant is a journal of his travels to and in America - describing the crowded weeks in steerage with the poor and sick, as well as stowaways - and the train journey he took across the country. Filled with sharp-eyed observations, this work conveys Stevenson's perceptions of America and the Americans. Together, these two pieces are examples of nineteenth-century travel writing, revealing as much about the traveller as the places he travels to." "Christopher MacLachlan's introduction places the works in their biographical and literary context. This edition also includes pieces from Stevenson's original notebooks, a chronology, further reading, notes and maps of the journeys."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Penguin classics
- Uniform Title
- Penguin classics
- Subject
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 > Travel > Cévennes Mountains
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 > Travel > United States
- 1800-1899
- Scots > United States > History > 19th century
- Authors, Scottish > 19th century > Biography
- Ocean travel
- Cévennes Mountains (France) > Description and travel
- United States > Description and travel
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxvi-xxxix).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Map : the Cevennes -- Map : traveling across the USA -- Travels with a donkey in the Cevennes -- The amateur emigrant.
- ISBN
- 0141439467 (pbk.) :
- OCLC
- 58919646
- SCSB-12333023
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library