Stevenson bought Modestine to carry his belongings for the journey. The narrative largely focuses on Stevenson’s humorous descriptions of his stubborn travel companion, Modestine the donkey. This version includes the fragment "A mountain town in France", originally intended as the opening chapter, but often omitted and published as a separate essay. Travels with a Donkey describes Stevenson’s hiking trip in the Cevennes, in South-Central France. a Donkey in the Cvennes, in which the author recounts a twelve-day trek through the region accompanied solely by a stubborn donkey named Modestine. Humorous on his own failings as a traveller, and on his travails with Modestine the self-willed donkey, it is also an exploration of peasant life in an area marked by the violence of the wars of religion. Download cover art Download CD case insert Travels with a Donkey in the CevennesĪ classic of travel writing, this book recounts Stevenson's adventures on an extended walk through uplands and mountains in south-western France.
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