Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes


Gelesen von Patrick Wallace

(4.6 stars; 63 reviews)

A classic of travel writing, this book recounts Stevenson's adventures on an extended walk through uplands and mountains in south-western France. Humorous on his own failings as a traveller, and on his travails with Modestine the self-willed donkey, it is also an exploration of peasant life in an area marked by the violence of the wars of religion. This version includes the fragment "A mountain town in France", originally intended as the opening chapter, but often omitted and published as a separate essay. (Summary by Patrick Wallace) (3 hr 57 min)

Kapitel

A Mountain Town in France 23:27 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
The Donkey, the Pack and the Pack-Saddle 12:59 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
The Green Donkey-Driver 17:56 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
I Have a Goad 12:07 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
A Camp in the Dark 20:02 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
Cheylard and Luc 7:59 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
Father Apollinaris 9:49 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
The Monks 14:18 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
The Boarders 11:48 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
Across the Goulet 7:12 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
A Night Among the Pines 10:54 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
Across the Lozère 11:21 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
Pont de Montvert 13:05 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
In the Valley of the Tarn 19:48 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
Florac 5:36 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
In the Valley of the Mimente 8:49 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
The Heart of the Country 15:15 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
The Last Day 11:06 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace
Farewell Modestine! 3:56 Gelesen von Patrick Wallace

Bewertungen


(5 stars)

brilliantly read.interesting travelogue,well worth listening to.


(5 stars)

One of my favorite books ever! The reader is excellent. Once I attempted to retrace Stevenson’s adventure. Things have changed a lot, but it’s possible. I couldn’t find a donkey, but I had a knapsack and a sleeping bag.

word painting


(5 stars)

RLS had incredible talent at painting vivid mental image with words. This version was beautifully narrated with musical inflection that render it a joy to hear.

not bad


(3 stars)

the reader is great but the book itself is a bit lacking in adventure and pacing that most of his works show so much of.

Delightful book. Superb reader.


(5 stars)

Very much enjoyed this excellent reading of RLS.


(4.5 stars)

The voice is measured, and pleasant to my octogenarian ear.


(3 stars)

too poetic in nature to go anywhere