Kidnapped is an adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows young David Balfour, who is kidnapped and shipwrecked, then travels through the Scottish Highlands with Alan Breck Stewart. A tale of escape, friendship and survival, set after the Jacobite rising.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
KIDNAPPED By Robert Louis Stevenson Illustrated by Louis Rhead BEING MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR IN THE YEAR 1751 HOW HE WAS KIDNAPPED AND CAST AWAY; HIS SUFFERINGS IN A DESERT ISLE; HIS JOURNEY IN THE WILD HIGHLANDS; HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH ALAN BRECK STEWART AND OTHER NOTORIOUS HIGHLAND JACOBITES; WITH ALL THAT HE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF HIS UNCLE, EBENEZER BALFOUR OF SHAWS, FALSELY SO CALLED
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF AND NOW SET FORTH BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON WITH A PREFACE BY MRS. STEVENSON Frontispiece Title page Contents PREFACE TO THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION DEDICATION CHAPTER I.—I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS CHAPTER II.—I COME TO MY JOURNEY’S END CHAPTER III.—I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE CHAPTER IV.—I RUN A GREAT DANGER IN THE HOUSE OF SHAWS CHAPTER V.—I GO TO THE QUEEN’S FERRY CHAPTER VI.—WHAT BEFELL AT THE QUEEN’S FERRY CHAPTER VII.—I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG “COVENANT” OF DYSART CHAPTER VIII.—THE ROUND-HOUSE CHAPTER IX.—THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD CHAPTER X.—THE SIEGE OF THE ROUND-HOUSE CHAPTER XI.—THE CAPTAIN KNUCKLES UNDER CHAPTER XII.—I HEAR OF THE “RED FOX” CHAPTER XIII.—THE LOSS OF THE BRIG CHAPTER XIV.—THE ISLET
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