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An Inland Voyage is a travelogue by Robert Louis Stevenson about a canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. It is Stevenson's earliest book and a pioneering work of outdoor literature. As a young man, Stevenson desired to be financially independent so that he might pursue the woman he loved, and set about funding his freedom from parental support by writing travelogues, the three most prominent being An Inland Voyage, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, (1879) and The Silverado Squatters. Voyage was undertaken with Stevenson's Scottish friend Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, mostly along the Oise River from Belgium through France, in the Fall of 1876 when Stevenson was 26 years old. The first part, in Belgium, passed through heavily industrial areas and many canal locks, proving to be not much of a vacation. They then went by rail to France, starting downriver at Maubeuge and ending at Pontoise, close to the Seine. The route itinerary has become a popular route for modern travelers to re-enact with guidebooks and maps available.
《内河航行记》是斯蒂文森在文坛上的试啼之作,讲述了斯蒂文森与友人沃尔特·辛普森准男爵于1876年泛舟比利时和法国的奇妙经历。在写景的同时,作者着力描绘了沿途所遇的形形色色的人和事,揭示各色人物的内心世界,对人性进行剖析,文笔细腻,清新自然,毫无雕琢之痕。