An Inland Voyage
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Robert Louis Stevenson
(3,778 Sterne; 9 Bewertungen)
As a young man, Stevenson wished to be financially independent and began his literary career by writing travelogues. This is his first published work, written at a time when travel for pleasure was still a rarity. He and a friend traveled by canoe through France and Belgium and he relates how they were thrown in jail, mistaken for traveling salesmen and became embroiled in gypsy life. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (3 hr 56 min)
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Not one of RLS's best
Tim Jones
(2 Sterne)
I had high hopes of this, having read and enjoyed other books by Stevenson, and having traveled through France and done some canoe touring myself. However, despite some good passages and occasional insights, this book features far too many long digressions into the author's sometimes rambling thoughts. The quality of the readings is mixed: some are fairly good, but others are hard to follow. The penultimate chapter includes a passage in French - a language which I understand - but the reader clearly had no idea how to pronounce it, with the result that I understood barely a quarter of the words. It may seem churlish to criticize readers who have kindly volunteered their time like this, but I really wish they would ensure they would check that they are up to reading the text before agreeing to read it.
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Avid Listener
(2,5 Sterne)
It has its moments, but they are few and far between.