Customer Reviews

A short enjoyable read. - By: Alex1507, 12 Apr 2006
Animal lovers may be a little upset by RLS's early treatment of Modestine... however he does shed a tear for her on parting.

The book is a tale of walking which RLS truly enjoys, good evocation of France & the Frenchin a time before tourism. A short enjoyable read.

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Enchanting travel book - By: assaftal@hotmail.com, 17 Feb 2001
For those who know Stevenson only from his popular fiction titles - treasure island, kidnapped, Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde & others - this book presents a different Stevenson, a man of letters, of learning & of sly, good-natured humor. Stevenson takes us & his donkey, Modestine, on a trip to the Cevennesin France, to meet its people & visit its places, while musing on the nature of human beings, of life, of history, & of nature itself, writtenin a rich, evocative language & a distinctive style.