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Kidnapped is a 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. [1]
Secuestrado, o Raptado, (título original: Kidnapped) es una novela histórica de aventuras escrita por el escocés Robert Louis Stevenson, prepublicada en la revista Young Folks entre mayo y julio de 1886 y editada en formato de libro el mismo año.
Full Text. Overview. Kidnapped is an adventure novel by Scottish-born author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. Set in Scotland in the year 1751, it centers on the daring exploits of 17-year-old David Balfour, whose villainous uncle has him kidnapped to steal his inheritance.
We sent for more books, and yet more, still intent on Mr. Garrow, whose subtle cross-examination of witnesses and masterly, if sometimes startling, methods of arriving at the truth seemed more thrilling to us than any novel.
A short summary of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Kidnapped.
Summary. Kidnapped is set in Scotland just after the Jacobite rebellions and is narrated by the teenager David Balfour. The recently orphaned David leaves rural Essendean to seek his fortune with his relatives, the Balfours of the House of Shaws.
R.L Stevenson. Random House, Sep 6, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 368 pages. 'For God's sake, hold on!'. On a stormy night off the coast of Scotland, young David Balfour faces his most terrifying...
