Kidnapped


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"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people. - Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped Kidnapped (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson is a coming-of-age novel that recounts the adventures of a teenager named David Balfour during the Jacobite Rebellions in 18th century Scotland. Following his father's death, David reaches out to an uncle, who betrays his nephew and sells him to a slave-trader headed for America. David's rescue from the slave ship by a Jacobite refugee starts David on a series of adventures that ensure his passage into manhood.




A Study Guide for Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped"


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A Study Guide for Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.




A Child’s Garden of Verses


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Reproduction of the original: A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson




Kidnaped


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Kidnapped is the story of David Balfour, a daring and proud boy, who finds himself involved in a double series of adventures: those produced by his own personal situation - an orphan whose inheritance has been usurped - and those derived from his encounter with Alan Breck, who immerse you in the sociopolitical background of the aftermath of the 18th century English civil war. All this narrated in Stevenson's clean and musical prose.




Treasure Island


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Narrating Scotland


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Narrating Scotland traces the Scottish writer's weaving together of source material from memoirs, letters, histories, and records of trials. Barry Menikoff uncovers the documentary basis for reading Kidnapped and David Balfour as political allegories and reveals the skill with which Stevenson offered a narrative that British colonizers could enjoy without being offended by its underlying condemnation.




Stonewall's Gold


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The discovery of a long-guarded secret sends young Jamie Lockhart on the adventure of his life. Ultimately, the limits of his courage and endurance are tested during the final, desperate months of the Civil War. Illustrations.




The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror


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Everyone has a dark side. Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug. A chemical that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Hyde. Transforming himself at will, he roams the streets of fog-bound London as his monstrous alter-ego. It seems he is master of his fate. It seems he is in complete control. But soon he will discover that his double life comes at a hideous price...