Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes

First published in 1879, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes is a charming and deeply personal travel memoir that captures Robert Louis Stevenson's early literary voice and his enduring love of adventure, nature, and quiet reflection.In this delightful account, Stevenson sets out on a solitary walking tour through the rugged Cévennes mountains of south-central France, accompanied only by his stubborn yet endearing donkey, Modestine. What begins as a simple journey on foot soon becomes an inti ...