Travels with a Donkey - Couverture rigide

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3895084603 ISBN 13 : 9783895084607

Editeur : Könemann, 1998

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson was suffering from poor health, struggling to survive on the income derived from his writings, and tormented by his infatuation with Fanny Osbourne, a married American woman. His response was to embark on a journey through the Cevennes with a donkey, Modestine, and a notebook, which he later transformed into Travels with a Donkey. Just a few months after publication, Stevenson was off again - this time crossing the Atlantic and the breadth of America in the hope of being re-united with Fanny, an experience he recorded in The Amateur Emigrant. Both pieces are classics of travel writings, which reveal as much about Stevenson's character as the landscape he travels through.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was born in Edinburgh and studied engineering and law, before turning to writing full time. He wrote essays, travel literature, poetry, and fiction.Christopher MacLachlan is Senior Lecturer in English at St Andrews. He has written widely on 18th-century English/ Scottish literature; the Scottish Enlightenment; modern Scottish literature.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Könemann
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 3895084603
• ISBN 13: 9783895084607
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 250