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Kidnapped
Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's life takes a dark turn when his uncle betrays him, leading to his kidnapping and forced voyage to colonial servitude.
"Kidnapped" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a historical fiction adventure novel. Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's life takes a dark turn when his uncle betrays him, leading to his kidnapping and forced voyage to colonial servitude.
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My husband was always interested in this period of his country’s history, and had already the intention of writing a story that should turn on the Appin murder. The tale was to be of a boy, David Balfour, supposed to belong to my husband’s own family, who should travel in Scotland as though it were a foreign country, meeting with various adventures and misadventures by the way. From the trial of James Stewart my husband gleaned much valuable material for his novel, the most important being the character of Alan Breck. Aside from having described him as “smallish in stature,” my husband seems to have taken Alan Breck’s personal appearance, even to his clothing, from the book.
Contents
- 01Preface to the Biographical Edition
- 02The, Trial of James Stewart in Aucharn in Duror of Appin for the Murder of Colin Campbell of Glenure, Efq; Factor for His Majefty on the forfeited Estate of Ardfhiel.
- 03Dedication
- 04My Dear Charles Baxter:
- 05Chapter I I Set Off Upon My Journey to the House of Shaws
- 06Chapter II I Come to My Journey’s End
- 07Chapter III I Make Acquaintance of My Uncle
- 08Chapter IV I Run a Great Danger in the House of Shaws
- 09Chapter V I Go to the Queen’s Ferry
- 10Chapter VI What Befell at the Queen’s Ferry
- 11Chapter VII I Go to Sea in the Brig Covenant of Dysart
- 12Chapter VIII the Round-House
- 13Chapter IX the Man with the Belt of Gold
- 14Chapter X the Siege of the Round-House
- 15Chapter XI the Captain Knuckles Under
- 16Chapter XII I Hear of the “Red Fox”
- 17Chapter XIII the Loss of the Brig
- 18Chapter XIV the Islet
- 19Chapter XV the Lad with the Silver Button: Through the Isle of Mull
- 20Chapter XVI the Lad with the Silver Button: Across Morven
- 21Chapter XVII the Death of the Red Fox
- 22Chapter XVIII I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore
- 23Chapter XIX the House of Fear
- 24Chapter XX the Flight in the Heather: The Rocks
- 25Chapter XXI the Flight in the Heather: The Heugh of Corrynakiegh
- 26Chapter XXII the Flight in the Heather: The Moor
- 27Chapter XXIII Cluny’s Cage
- 28Chapter XXIV the Flight in the Heather: The Quarrel
- 29Chapter XXV in Balquhidder
- 30Chapter XXVI End of the Flight: We Pass the Forth
- 31Chapter XXVII I Come to Mr. Rankeillor
- 32Chapter XXVIII I Go in Quest of My Inheritance
- 33Chapter XXIX I Come Into My Kingdom
- 34Chapter XXX Good-Bye
About this edition
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 259 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers