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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 11

Robert Louis Stevenson

The book features David Balfour, a character thrust into complex political intrigue and personal peril following the events surrounding the Appin murder.

"The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 11" by Stevenson is a historical novel. The book features David Balfour, a character thrust into complex political intrigue and personal peril following the events surrounding the Appin murder.

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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

  1. 01Catriona
  2. 02Chapter I
  3. 03Chapter II
  4. 04Chapter III
  5. 05Chapter IV
  6. 06Chapter V
  7. 07Chapter VI
  8. 08Chapter VII
  9. 09Chapter VIII
  10. 10Chapter IX
  11. 11Chapter X
  12. 12Chapter XI
  13. 13Chapter XII
  14. 14Chapter XIII
  15. 15Chapter XIV
  16. 16Chapter XV
  17. 17Chapter XVI
  18. 18Chapter XVII
  19. 19Chapter XVIII
  20. 20Chapter XIX
  21. 21Chapter XX
  22. 22Part II
  23. 23Father and Daughter
  24. 24Chapter XXI
  25. 25Chapter XXII
  26. 26Chapter XXIII
  27. 27Chapter XXIV
  28. 28Chapter XXV
  29. 29Chapter XXVI
  30. 30Chapter XXVII
  31. 31Chapter XXVIII
  32. 32Chapter XXIX
  33. 33Chapter XXX
  34. 34Conclusion

About this edition

Author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Introductory: no background needed
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
335 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers