Being Memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
with a preface by Mrs. Stevenson
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Kidnapped is an historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a "boys' novel" and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, Catriona, was published in...
Kidnapped
Being Memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751
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Jim Hawkins is living with his mother and father at their inn, the Admiral Benbow. Life is pretty ordinary - Jim's father is sick, which sucks, but other than that, there isn't much going on for him. Until, that is, a sunburned sailor singing.
Jim Hawkins is living with his mother and father at their inn, the Admiral Benbow. Life is pretty ordinary - Jim's father is sick, which sucks, but ot...
A group of outlaws known as "The Black Arrow," strike, killing Nicholas Appleyard. They leave a message warning that they will also kill Brackley, and his men Bennet Hatch and Oliver Oates. Their note implies that Dick's father, Harry Shelton, died under suspicious circumstances.
A group of outlaws known as "The Black Arrow," strike, killing Nicholas Appleyard. They leave a message warning that they will also kill Brackley, and...
Kidnapped tells the story of David Balfour, a young man of the Lowlands, the southern part of Scotland. David's father, Alexander Balfour, has recently died, and his mother died some time before, so he is now an orphan.
Kidnapped tells the story of David Balfour, a young man of the Lowlands, the southern part of Scotland. David's father, Alexander Balfour, has recentl...
