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EPISODE · May 1, 2026 · 11 MIN

Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes - The Boarders

from The Robert Louis Stevenson Library · host Robert Louis Stevenson

In which the narrator finds himself among a curious company of boarders at a remote monastery, whose varied characters and earnest debates reveal the rich complexities of faith and conviction in this secluded retreat. The evenings are marked by lively discourse on politics and religion, where the tensions between personal belief and the passionate zeal of others provide both discomfort and insight amid the quiet austere surroundings.

In which the narrator finds himself among a curious company of boarders at a remote monastery, whose varied characters and earnest debates reveal the rich complexities of faith and conviction in this secluded retreat. The evenings are marked by lively discourse on politics and religion, where the tensions between personal belief and the passionate zeal of others provide both discomfort and insight amid the quiet austere surroundings.

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