Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a collection published in 1892. It forms the middle section of Stevenson's three-part travel memoir. The title essay chronicles his immigrant train journey from New York to San Francisco, offering vivid observations of fellow passengers and American landscapes. The remaining eleven chapters range from childhood memories of Scotland to reflections on dreams, beggars, and art. This diverse collection blends
travel writing with personal reminiscence and philosophical meditation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 |
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| Title | Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across_the_Plains_(book) |
| Contents | Across the plains -- The old Pacific capital -- Fontainebleau -- Epilogue to "An inland voyage" -- Random memories -- The lantern-bearers -- A chapter on dreams -- Beggars -- Letter to a young gentleman who proposes to embrace the career of art -- Pulvis et umbra -- A Christmas sermon. |
| Credits | David Price and Margaret Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Essays |
| Subject | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Monterey (Calif.) -- Description and travel |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 614 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 1996 |
| Most Recently Updated | Sep 27, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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