This is the second of two reviews. Part  I (April 24) is about Stevenson’s desire to travel. In Part II RLS learns to love Modestine, his donkey and comments on religion. In 1878, R.L. Stevenson and Modestine, his donkey, trekked through the Cevennes region of southern France for 12 days, covering 120 miles. Stevenson wrote about their trip in Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. It is a classic travelogue, among the first to celebrate hiking and camping. The Kindle edition is currently free on Amazon. To carry his cargo, Stevenson needed something “cheap […]

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This is the first of two reviews. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes in 1879. The short (80 pp) Victorian travelogue was a best seller. It gave Stevenson financial freedom.  He earned  a reputation as a good writer, paving the way for his first major success, Treasure Island, followed by the novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  and Kidnapped, both published in 1886. Stevenson’s Travels with a Donkey – the Kindle edition is currently free […]

Categories: Tucker Cox, ZiR • Tags: Robert Louis Stevenson, travel