Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes and the Amateur Emigrant

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Beschrijving Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes and the Amateur Emigrant

In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson was suffering from poor health, struggling to survive on the income derived from his writings, and tormented by his infatuation with Fanny Osbourne, a married American woman. His response was to embark on journeys through Cevennes and America where he wrote 'Travels With a Donkey' and 'The Amateur Emigrant'.

ISBN: 9780141439464
Pagina's: 320
Verschenen: 01-01-2004
Rubriek: Reisgidsen

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Paperback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: Penguin Books Ltd

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