Songs of Travel and Other Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson audiobook.
Genre: poetry
Robert Louis Stevenson's Songs of Travel and Other Verses gathers poems that move with the rhythm of roads, sea-winds, and restlessness, tracing the inner life of a speaker who is forever setting out and forever taking stock. Across lyrics that feel at once intimate and outward-looking, Stevenson explores what it means to choose motion over comfort, to accept uncertainty as a companion, and to measure a life not only by where it ends up but by how it is lived along the way. The collection ranges from crisp, songlike meditations on departure and return to reflective pieces shaped by memory, friendship, and the quiet costs of independence. Whether the scene is a coastline, a harbor, a country lane, or a room lit by recollection, the poems keep circling a central tension: the desire for freedom versus the pull of home, duty, and human connection. With Stevenson's plainspoken music and emotional precision, these verses invite listeners into a world where travel is both a literal journey and a moral stance, and where every chosen path carries its own shadow and its own light.
Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 00
(00:01:35) Chapter 01
(00:03:40) Chapter 02
(00:04:35) Chapter 03
(00:05:30) Chapter 04
(00:06:18) Chapter 05
(00:07:01) Chapter 06
(00:07:57) Chapter 07
(00:09:12) Chapter 08
(00:10:09) Chapter 09
(00:11:07) Chapter 10
(00:12:01) Chapter 11
(00:13:05) Chapter 12
(00:14:42) Chapter 13
(00:16:34) Chapter 14
(00:17:39) Chapter 15
(00:19:02) Chapter 16
(00:21:28) Chapter 17
(00:22:29) Chapter 18
(00:24:05) Chapter 19
(00:25:42) Chapter 20
(00:28:01) Chapter 21
(00:28:50) Chapter 22
(00:29:35) Chapter 23
(00:30:15) Chapter 24
(00:31:28) Chapter 25
(00:33:32) Chapter 26
(00:34:36) Chapter 27
(00:35:41) Chapter 28
(00:38:30) Chapter 29
(00:39:39) Chapter 30
(00:41:03) Chapter 31
(00:41:58) Chapter 32
(00:43:06) Chapter 33
(00:45:01) Chapter 34
(00:47:09) Chapter 35
(00:49:22) Chapter 36
(00:52:27) Chapter 37
(01:00:48) Chapter 38
(01:08:37) Chapter 39
(01:10:07) Chapter 40
(01:10:57) Chapter 41
(01:12:09) Chapter 42
(01:13:39) Chapter 43
(01:14:51) Chapter 44
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