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Robert louis stevenson was a scottish author who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth centu. In many places it is humourous, particularly stevensons exploits with the donkey, whom he christened modestine. Travels with a donkey in the cvennes ruskin bond selection ebook. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Travels with a donkey is regarded as a classic of travel writing and an early inspiration for the idea of longdistance walking for pleasure many a modern traveler follows the stevenson trail, now part of frances national network of long. Stevenson was the only son of thomas stevenson, a prosperous civil engineer, and his wife. Download pdf travels with a donkey in the cevennes. Travels with a donkey was not the best travel book ive read, nor is it the best stevenson book ive read, but it does mark the beginning of his earnest work to become an established and popular writer.
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