The Amateur Emigrant

by Robert Louis Stevenson Narrated by Helen Donovan

Overview

In July 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson left Scotland to meet his future wife in her native California. Leaving by ship from Glasgow, Scotland, he determined to travel in steerage class to see how the working classes fared. At the last minute he was convinced by friends to purchase a ticket one grade above the lowest price, for which he was later thankful after seeing the conditions in steerage, but he still lived among the 'lower' classes. His comments on the experience make interesting reading. His father however was so shocked at the thought of his son associating with people 'beneath him' that the work was not published for a number of years,

Product Details

BN ID:	2940178280881
Publisher:	Oregan Publishing
Publication date:	02/24/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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