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Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1879 · Travel

A young Robert Louis Stevenson sets out on foot across the wild uplands of southern France with only a stubborn she-donkey, Modestine, for company. A luminous, wry meditation on solitude, faith, and the pure joy of the open road.

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Title
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
Author
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
First published
1879
Illustrated plates
41 original artworks · 12 open to everyone
Chapters
19 · about 34,403 words
Reading time
2 h 18 min
Language
EN
Formats
Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
Publisher
LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
On LitLab since
July 2026
Rights
Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
Source text
Project Gutenberg #535

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