Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes

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)

Chapters

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

Reviews

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

brilliantly read.interesting travelogue,well worth listening to.

not bad

(3 stars)

David W

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)

Anna

Very much enjoyed this excellent reading of RLS.