Kidnapped
Published on 1. May 2009
416 pages
978-1-84767-443-2 (ISBN)
Description
Kidnapped has become a classic of historical romance the world over and is justly famous as a novel of travel and adventure set deep in the Scottish landscape. Stevenson's vivid descriptive powers were never better than in this account of remote places and dangerous action in the Highlands in the years following Culloden.
Introduced by Barry Menikoff, with a preface by Louise Welsh.
Introduced by Barry Menikoff, with a preface by Louise Welsh.
Reviews / Votes
A cracking tale of low skulduggery and high adventure, Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped has enthralled generations of readers since its first publication in 1886. A book for thrill-seekers of all ages, this romp through Jacobite Scotland is a true classic. * * Sunday Herald * * A delicately balanced book, expertly controlled, sharply focused, and written with an affectionate irony. It is perhaps the finest of Stevenson's novels. -- Jenni CalderMore details
Series
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
3,00 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84767-443-2 (9781847674432)
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Robert Louis Stevenson | Barry Menikoff
Kidnapped
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Persons
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was a Scottish novelist, poet and essayist who achieved worldwide acclaim for Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson began with essays, short stories and travel writing, most notably Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879). He is best remembered for his first novel Treasure Island (1883) and for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886). The great Scottish novels followed, with Kidnapped (1886), The Master of Ballantrae (1889), and Weir of Hermiston (1893), which was left unfinished at his death. Catriona (1893), was always planned as the immediate sequel to Kidnapped, but had been delayed in the writing. Stevenson spent seven years in the South Seas, settling for the last five on the island of Upolu in Samoa, where he died suddenly from a cerebral stroke at the age of forty-four.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Editor's Introduction
- A Note On The Text
- Map
- Kidnapped
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- 1: I Set Off Upon My Journey To The House Of Shaws
- 2: I Come To My Journey's End
- 3: I Make Acquaintance Of My Uncle
- 4: I Run A Great Danger In The House Of Shaws
- 5: I Go To The Queen's Ferry
- 6: What Befell At The Queen's Ferry
- 7: I Go To Sea In The Brig Covenant Of Dysart
- 8: The Round-House
- 9: The Man With The Belt Of Gold
- 10: The Siege Of The Round-House
- 11: The Captain Knuckles Under
- 12: I Hear Of The Red Fox
- 13: The Loss Of The Brig
- 14: The Islet
- 15: The Lad With The Silver Button
- 16: The Lad With The Silver Button
- 17: The Death Of The Red Fox
- 18: I Talk With Alan In The Wood Of Lettermore
- 19: The House Of Fear
- 20: Chapter Title
- 21: The Flight In The Heather
- 22: The Flight In The Heather
- 23: Cluny's Cage
- 24: The Flight In The Heather
- 25: In Balquidder
- 26: We Pass The Forth
- 27: I Come To Mr Rankeillor
- 28: I Go In Quest Of My Inheritance
- 29: I Come Into My Kingdom
- 30: Good-Bye
- Notes
- Glossary
- About the Author
- Copyright
