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Cevennes Journal: Notes on a Journey Through the French Highlands - Hardcover

Stevenson, Robert Louis

 
9780906391013: Cevennes Journal: Notes on a Journey Through the French Highlands
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0906391016 ISBN 13: 9780906391013
Publisher: Mainstream Pub.Co., 1978

Synopsis

Over one hundred years ago - in September 1878 - Robert Louis Stevenson travelled by donkey through the Cevennes region of France. For personal memory - and, as it happens, for literary posterity - the young Stevenson recorded copious notes on his journey as he travelled. Some of these witty and incisive impressions were subsequently published as "Travels With a Donkey". The remainder, however, has never found its way into print until publication of this volume planned to coincide with the centenary celebrations of that famous journey. This travelogue, which includes several of Stevenson's previously unpublished sketches of the region, provides both a unique socio-historical document and an important piece of literature.

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Book Description

Over one hundred years ago - in September 1878 - Robert Louis Stevenson travelled by donkey through the Cevennes region of France. For personal memory - and, as it happens, for literary posterity - the young Stevenson recorded copious notes on his journey as he travelled. Some of these witty and incisive impressions were subsequently published as "Travels With a Donkey". The remainder, however, has never found its way into print until publication of this volume planned to coincide with the centenary celebrations of that famous journey. This travelogue, which includes several of Stevenson's previously unpublished sketches of the region, provides both a unique socio-historical document and an important piece of literature.

About the Author

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850. Chronically ill with bronchitis and possibly tuberculosis, Stevenson withdrew from Engineering at Edinburgh University in favour of Studying Law. Although he passed the bar and became an advocate in 1875, he knew that his true work was as a writer.

Between 1876 and his death in 1894, Stevenson wrote prolifically. His published essays, short stories, fiction, travel books, plays, letters and poetry number in dozens. The most famous of his works include Travels With A Donkey in the Cevennes (1879), New Arabian Nights (1882), Treasure Island (1883), The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1887), Thrawn Janet (1887) and Kidnapped (1893).

After marrying Fanny Osbourne in 1880 Stevenson continued to travel and to write about his experiences. His poor health led him and his family to Valima in Samoa, where they settled. During his days there Stevenson was known as ‘Tusitala’ or ‘The Story Teller’. His love of telling romantic and adventure stories allowed him to connect easily with the universal child in all of us. ‘Fiction is to grown men what play is to the child,’ he said.

Robert Louis Stevenson died in Valima in 1894 of a brain haemorrhage.

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Publisher
Mainstream Pub.Co.
Publication date
1978
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0906391016
ISBN 13 
9780906391013
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
160