A spirited tale of high adventure, Kidnapped has charmed and delighted generations of readers ever since its publication more than a hundred years ago. Seventeen-year-old David Balfour is plunged into danger when his uncle contrives to cheat him out of his inheritance. His harrowing ordeal finds him in the company of renegades and rebels and takes him from tempestuous seas to the Scottish highlands.<p><p>
This handsome, meticulously produced Warbler Classics edition includes all seventeen William Hole illustrations from the 1886 first edition of the book, along with annotations throughout and an extensive biographical timeline.
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Contents
Prefatory Note
Dedication
Chapter 1. I Set Off Upon My Journey to the House of Shaws
Chapter 2. I Come to My Journey’s End
Chapter 3. I Make Acquaintance of My Uncle
Chapter 4. I Run a Great Dnager in the House of Shaws
Chapter 5. I Go to the Queen’s Ferry
Chapter 6. What Befell at the Queen’s Ferry
Chapter 7. I Go to Sea in the Brig ‘Covenant’ of Dysart
Chapter 8. The Round-House
Chapter 9. The Man with the Belt of Gold
Chapter 10. The Siege of the Round-House
Chapter 11. The Captain Knuckles Under
Chapter 12. I Hear of the Red Fox
Chapter 13. The Loss of the Brig
Chapter 14. The Islet
Chapter 15. The Lad with the Silver Button: Through the Isle of Mull
Chapter 16. The Lad with the Silver Button: Across Morven
Chapter 17. The Death of the Red Fox
Chapter 18. I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore
Chapter 19. The House of Fear
Chapter 20. The Flight in the Heather: The Rocks
Chapter 21. The Flight in the Heather: The Heugh of Corrynakiegh
Chapter 22. The Flight in the Heather: The Moor
Chapter 23. Cluny’s Cage
Chapter 24. The Flight in the Heather: The Quarrel
Chapter 25. In Balquhidder
Chapter 26. End of the Flight: We Pass the Forth
Chapter 27. I Come to Mr. Rankeillor
Chapter 28. I Go in Quest of My Inheritance
Chapter 29. I Come Into My Kingdom
Chapter 30. Good-Bye
Biographical Timeline
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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer best known for such works as Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped.
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