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Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's 120 mile, 12 day hike, accompanied only by his stubborn and unwieldy donkey, through the Cévennes of south-central France. A pioneering piece of outdoor literature, it is one of Stevenson's earliest works, and one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping for recreation rather than necessity. Stevenson's route is still popular today; recently when asked why the Scotsman still informs the identity of the Cevennes, a politician and historian of the area remarked "Because he showed us the landscape that makes us who we are."<… (meer)
The title gives you a pretty good idea of what goes on in the book. If it was called Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes While Hating Catholics, it would give you an even better idea. I picked it up because the first chapter/essay in [b:Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer|992809|Footsteps Adventures of a Romantic Biographer|Richard Holmes|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403183687l/992809._SY75_.jpg|978304] is about Stevenson's adventure and I thought that it would be fun to read the original before I read the response. It was fun! This is a short, briskly-paced account of a kind of leisure travel which was quite new at the time. It's clearly written and Stevenson isn't afraid to laugh at himself, so there is some humour to be had. The religious/political bits are short and easily bearable. If you can get through the animal mistreatment toward the beginning, it's a rewarding light read. ( )
An underwhelming French travelogue by the famous author in his youth. RLS's descriptions are well-wrought, if not especially penetrating. It's short. ( )
2 1/2 stars, a little too much about the conflict between Protestants and Catholics and too little on the time spent on the walk. The parts about the Modestine were my favorites. ( )
Allegedly one of the very first hiking travelogues, Stevenson’s book is a pleasant account of a twelve-day trip in his late twenties over a mountain range in southern France, accompanied only by a jenny to help with carrying his gear. Maybe a wee bit too prolix towards the end about local history at the cost of his own experiences. ( )
>Robert-Louis Stevenson Voyage avec un âne à travers les Cévennes. Préface d’André Chamson. Traduction de Gilbert Lhomme. Aubenas, Racines d’Oc, 1973, 196 p. Se reporter au compte rendu de Philippe PIGELET In: Ethnologie française, nouvelle serie, T. 4, No. 4 (1974), p. 404… ; (en ligne), URL : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xsfuwQaYhm_bGxLL9U3HTitbx4TeIfyZ/view?usp=shari...
Informatie afkomstig uit de Franse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Il y a beaucoup d'êtres puissants et rien n'est plus puissant que l'homme. Il surpasse, par ses ruses, le monde rural. Sophocle
Qui a jamais perdu les fers d'un âne sauvage ? Job
Le chemin était fort fatiguant parmi la poussière et les éclats de pierre ; il n'y avait pas dans toute la contrée une seule auberge ni une boutique de victuailles où se restaurer un peu. Voyage du Pélerin
J'aperçois la maison, l'austère communauté - et que suis-je pour que je sois ici ? Mathew Arnold
Le lit était fait, la chambre prête. Pour leur veillée personnelle, les étoiles étaient allumées, L'air était calme, l'eau coulait ; Il n'était besoin de servante ni de domestique Quand nous nous levâmes, baudet et moi, Au vert caravansérail du bon Dieu. Pièce ancienne
Nous marchions dans le sillage des guerriers d'autrefois, Pourtant la contrée entière était verdoyante ; Et trouvions amour et paix Où avaient sévi fer et feu. Ils passent et sourient les fils de l'épée. Ils ne brandissent plus le glaive. Oh ! qu'il a de profondes racines le blé Qui pousse sur le champs de bataille ! W.P. Bannatyne
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
My dear Sidney Colvin, The journey which this little book is to describe was very agreeable and fortunate for me. After an uncouth beginning, I had the best of luck to the end. [...] Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends? And so, my dear Sidney Colvin, it is with pride that I sign myself affectionately yours, R. L. S.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
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.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Father Adam wept when he sold her to me; after I had sold her in my turn, I was tempted to follow his example; and being alone with a stage-driver and four or five agreeable young men, I did not hesitate to yield to my emotion.
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's 120 mile, 12 day hike, accompanied only by his stubborn and unwieldy donkey, through the Cévennes of south-central France. A pioneering piece of outdoor literature, it is one of Stevenson's earliest works, and one of the earliest accounts of hiking and camping for recreation rather than necessity. Stevenson's route is still popular today; recently when asked why the Scotsman still informs the identity of the Cevennes, a politician and historian of the area remarked "Because he showed us the landscape that makes us who we are."
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