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David Balfour
The story follows young David Balfour as he struggles to secure justice for a wrongly accused man, only to be imprisoned on the Bass Rock until the trial concludes.
"David Balfour" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a novel. The story follows young David Balfour as he struggles to secure justice for a wrongly accused man, only to be imprisoned on the Bass Rock until the trial concludes.
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The 25th day of August, 1751, about two in the afternoon, I, David Balfour, came forth of the British Linen Company, a porter attending me with a bag of money, and some of the chief of these merchants bowing me from their doors. Two days before, and even so late as yestermorning, I was like a beggarman by the wayside, clad in rags, brought down to my last shillings, my companion a condemned traitor, a price set on my own head for a crime with the news of which the country rang. To-day I was served heir to my position in life, a landed laird, a bank porter by me carrying my gold, recommendations in my pocket, and (in the words of the saying) the ball directly at my foot.
Contents
- 01Part I
- 02The Lord Advocate
- 03Chapter I
- 04Chapter II
- 05Chapter III
- 06Chapter IV
- 07Chapter V
- 08Chapter VI
- 09Chapter VII
- 10Chapter VIII
- 11Chapter IX
- 12Chapter X
- 13Chapter XI
- 14Chapter XII
- 15Chapter XIII
- 16Chapter XIV
- 17Chapter XV
- 18Chapter XVI
- 19Chapter XVII
- 20Chapter XVIII
- 21Chapter XIX
- 22Chapter XX
- 23Part II
- 24Chapter XXI
- 25Chapter XXII
- 26Chapter XXIII
- 27Chapter XXIV
- 28Chapter XXV
- 29Chapter XXVI
- 30Chapter XXVII
- 31Chapter XXVIII
- 32Chapter XXIX
- 33Chapter XXX
- 34Conclusion
About this edition
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 341 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers