Kidnapped
$18.08
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2009
Summary
Robert Louis Stevenson’s glorious passport to romance and high adventure.
Here is the story of young David Balfour, whose miserly uncle cheats him out of his inheritance and schemes to have him kidnapped, shanghaied, and sold into slavery. But justice triumphs—after a spirited odyssey that includes a shipwreck, a hazardous journey across Scotland with a daredevil companion, intrigues, narrow escapes, and desperate fighting.
Rich in action and characterization, this exhilaratin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451531438 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0451531434 |
| Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson, John Seelye, Claire Harman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Signet |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2009 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 106mm x 171mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-12 |
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“Stevenson’s best book.”–Henry James
“Stevenson’s best book.“—Henry James
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Born in Edinburgh, Robert Louis Stevenson, despite a life dogged by ill health, made an enormous contribution to English literature within his forty-four years. The son of upper-middle-class parents, he suffered from lung trouble from birth, leading to a sheltered childhood. In 1880, he married Mrs. Fanny Osbourne. His life was characterized by an unwavering devotion to his work and a persistent search for a cure for his illness, which led him to travel extensively. His travel essays were widely published, and his short fiction appeared in numerous volumes.
Stevenson achieved great fame with the publication of his first full-length novel, Treasure Island, in 1883, a recognition that grew with The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886). He followed this success with the Scottish romances Kidnapped (1886) and The Master of Ballantrae (1889). In 1888, he and his family embarked on a journey to the South Seas, visiting the leper colony at Molokai before settling in Samoa, where he ultimately died.
John Seelye
John Seelye is a leading scholar in American Studies and a professor of English at the University of Florida at Gainesville. He is the author of The True Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Prophetic Waters: The River in Early American Life and Literature.
Claire Harman
Claire Harman is a distinguished critic and biographer. Her works include biographies of Sylvia Townsend Warner (winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), Fanny Burney, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2006, she has taught English at the Universities of Manchester and Oxford, and creative writing at Columbia University.
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