Amateur Emigrant, The by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
ciesse
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- 2024
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About Amateur Emigrant, The by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
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, (Summary by annise)
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- ciesse
- Category
- fiction
- Language
- en
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- No
- First episode
- 4 Nov 2024
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2024
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4 Nov 2024
The Stowaways
4 Nov 2024
Steerage Scenes
4 Nov 2024
New York
4 Nov 2024
Steerage Types
4 Nov 2024
Early Impression
4 Nov 2024
The Second Cabin
4 Nov 2024
The Sick Man
4 Nov 2024
Personal Experience and Review
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