An Inland Voyage


Leído por LibriVox Volunteers

(3.8 stars; 9 reviews)

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)

Capítulos

Preface 3:50 Leído por Greg Giordano
Antwerp to Boom 8:21 Leído por Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
The Willebroek Canal 11:46 Leído por DJRickyV
The Royal Sport Nautique 10:33 Leído por Lynne T
At Mauberge 9:02 Leído por Lynne T
On The Sambre Canalised 10:27 Leído por TheLadyAmy
Pont-Sur-Sambre -- We Are Pedlars 11:39 Leído por Lynne T
Pont-Sur-Sambre -- The Travelling Merchant 10:16 Leído por Alan Mapstone
On The Sambre Canalised To Landrecies 10:38 Leído por Lynne T
At Landrecies 8:53 Leído por Lynne T
Sambre And Oise Canal -- Canal Boats 9:56 Leído por Greg Giordano
The Oise In Flood 13:51 Leído por Phil Schempf
Origny Sainte-Benoite -- A By-Day 9:07 Leído por Denise Nordell
Origny Sainte-Benoite -- The Company At Table 9:52 Leído por Denise Nordell
Down The Oise To Moy 11:37 Leído por Gabriela Cowan
La Fere Of Cursed Memory 13:10 Leído por Gabriela Cowan
Down The Oise Through The Golden Valley 4:39 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Noyon Cathedral 10:52 Leído por DJRickyV
Down The Oise To Compiegne 5:06 Leído por Lynne T
At Compiegne 10:06 Leído por Greg Giordano
Changed Times 12:53 Leído por Greg Giordano
Down The Oise: Church Interiors 9:52 Leído por KHand
Precy And The Marionnettes 16:49 Leído por KHand
Back To The World 3:38 Leído por Greg Giordano

Reseñas

Not one of RLS's best


(2 stars)

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.

TEDIOUS


(2.5 stars)

It has its moments, but they are few and far between.