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On foot

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on April 11, 2008 at 3:28:01 pm
 

 

Travel by Foot

  1. Travel by Foot
    1. Description
    2. Quick Facts
    3. Appearances in Madame Bovary
    4. References

 

 

Description

 

When you've got no other way to get there, you probably have at least your own two feet

as is the case with the beggar in Madame Bovary. 

 

By my estimates using an online walk time calculator including information about the beggar's fitness,

it would have taken the beggar at least 13 hours to hike from Rouen to Yonville.

 

 

 

Quick Facts

 

  • Average Speed: 3mph, varies with personal fitness and load carried
  • Range: Varies widely with personal fitness, supplies, stops, etc. 20-150 miles in a day.
  • Power: 2 legs

 

 

 

Appearances in Madame Bovary

 

 

Various

 

         Yonville-l'Abbaye (even the ruins of the ancient capuchin

    abbey from which it derives its name are no longer there) is a

    market town twenty miles from Rouen, between the highways to

    Abbeville and Beauvais in the valley of the Rieule. 

 

 

 

References

 

 

 

 "Naismith's Rule of Hiking." Scoutmaster. 1 Nov. 2006. 11 Apr. 2008

        <http://scoutmaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/11/naismiths_rule_.html>.

 

"Walking Time Calculator." WotzWot. 11 Apr. 2008

        <http://www.wotzwot.co.uk/walking-time.php>.

 

 

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