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- Tiempo de lectura
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- Duración
- 32.700 palabras
- Nivel en la biblioteca
- Mediano longer sentences, everyday words
- Primera publicación
- 1879by Robert Louis Stevenson
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This book is for walkers and armchair wanderers, lovers of dry humour and a lively voice, and anyone curious about village France, wild nights outdoors and old religious wars.
De qué trata este libro
What would you do if the only way to carry your bed across the mountains were a donkey that refuses to walk? In the autumn of 1878, a young Scottish writer faced that problem in the French highlands. He bought a small, stubborn female donkey, named her Modestine, and set off south on a trek of about 120 miles.
Robert Louis Stevenson published Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes the next year. It follows twelve days on the road, from Le Monastier to St. Jean du Gard. The tone is comic, warm and honest, and he laughs hardest at himself. You get a travel story, a portrait of village France, and a history of the Camisards, the Protestant mountain rebels.
En este resumen
- 1A sleeping sack and a small donkeyFree
- 2Modestine teaches the art of donkey driving
- 3Lost in the dark in beast country
- 4He travels for travel's sake
- 5A visit to the silent monastery
- 6Nights outdoors and the crossing of the Lozère
- 7The Camisards and the night at Pont de Montvert
- 8Tolerance in the valleys of the Tarn
Idea clave 1 de 8
A sleeping sack and a small donkey
The book opens in Le Monastier, a highland town where Stevenson spends a month. Everyone there wants to help the stranger who plans to travel south through the Cévennes.
Stevenson wants to be ready to camp. A tent is a nuisance for one person, so he designs a sleeping sack instead. It holds his clothes by day and he sleeps in it by night.
A sack that size cannot ride on a man's back, so he needs a pack animal. He dismisses the horse as a nervous, delicate creature. A donkey is cheap, small and calm. In the market square he meets Father Adam and his tiny mouse-coloured jenny. Children are put on her back to prove her temper, and each one goes head over heels into the air. Stevenson buys her anyway, for sixty-five francs and a glass of brandy, and names her Modestine.
Helpful neighbours tie the load with an elaborate system, and he looks at the result with foolish satisfaction. He sets out, as he says himself, like an ox led to the slaughter. He turns a small piece of planning into comedy, and he is quick to admit his own pride and ignorance.
A journey begins long before the first step, in the choices about what to carry and who will carry it.
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Who’s who
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Stevenson is the Scottish traveller and narrator, walking through southern France with Modestine to carry his camping gear.
- Modestine
- Modestine is Stevenson's small pack donkey, whose stubborn pace and awkward load test her travelling companion's patience.
About this edition
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- LengthAbout 32,700 words
- Reading timeAbout 2 h 15 min
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 12 other languages
Questions about Viajes con una burra por las Cévenas
What is Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes about?
It tells of Stevenson's twelve day walk through the highlands of southern France in 1878. He travels with a stubborn donkey named Modestine, sleeps outdoors, meets monks and villagers, and reflects on the Camisard rebellion of the early 1700s.
Is Travels with a Donkey a true story?
Yes. It is a travel memoir of a real walk Stevenson made, starting at Le Monastier and ending at St. Jean du Gard. It was published in 1879 and is dedicated to his friend Sidney Colvin.
Who were the Camisards in the book?
They were Protestant mountain fighters who rose against the French king's persecution in the early 1700s. Stevenson tells of their prophets and leaders, such as Séguier, Roland and Cavalier, and of the killing of Du Chayla at Pont de Montvert.
Who is Modestine?
Modestine is the small, mouse-coloured female donkey Stevenson buys from Father Adam for sixty-five francs and a glass of brandy. She carries his sleeping sack, tests his patience, and becomes the real companion of the trip.
Is Travels with a Donkey worth reading today?
Its short chapters, lively humour and clear scenes make it easy to enjoy. It suits readers who like travel writing, mountain scenery, outdoor nights, and a thoughtful narrator who laughs at himself while describing people with warmth.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/travels-with-a-donkey-in-the-cevennes.
Stevenson, R. L. (2026). Travels with a donkey in the Cévennes. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/travels-with-a-donkey-in-the-cevennes (Original work published 1879)
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/travels-with-a-donkey-in-the-cevennes.
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