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Kidnapped (Illustrated)Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped (Illustrated)

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Original author: Robert Louis Stevenson

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"Kidnapped (Illustrated)" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a historical fiction adventure novel written in 1886. Seventeen-year-old David Balfour journeys to claim his inheritance, only to be betrayed by his uncle and sold into slavery aboard a ship bound for the American colonies. After a shipwreck throws him together with the fugitive Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart, David finds himself caught up in political intrigue and accused of murder in the dangerous Scottish Highlands of 1751.

Kidnapped (Illustrated), by Robert Louis Stevenson. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #56562.

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31 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter1,026 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: I Set Off Upon My Journey to the House of Shaws1,690 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: I Come to My Journey’s End1,893 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: I Make Acquaintance of My Uncle2,609 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: I Run a Great Danger in the House of Shaws2,921 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: I Go to the Queen’s Ferry2,354 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: What Befell at the Queen’s Ferry1,847 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: I Go to Sea in the Brig “covenant” of Dysart2,659 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The Round-House1,903 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: The Man with the Belt of Gold3,219 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: The Siege of the Round-House2,517 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: The Captain Knuckles Under1,537 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: I Hear of the “red Fox”3,208 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: The Loss of the Brig2,116 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: The Islet3,508 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: The Lad with the Silver Button: Through the Isle of Mull2,981 words
  1. 17.Chapter XVI: The Lad with the Silver Button: Across Morven2,733 words
  2. 18.Chapter XVII: The Death of the Red Fox2,085 words
  3. 19.Chapter XVIII: I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore2,953 words
  4. 20.Chapter XIX: The House of Fear2,339 words
  5. 21.Chapter XX: The Flight in the Heather: the Rocks3,275 words
  6. 22.Chapter XXI: The Flight in the Heather: the Heugh of Corrynakiegh2,674 words
  7. 23.Chapter XXII: The Flight in the Heather: the Moor2,895 words
  8. 24.Chapter XXIII: Cluny’s Cage3,083 words
  9. 25.Chapter XXIV: The Flight in the Heather: the Quarrel3,723 words
  10. 26.Chapter XXV: In Balquhidder2,485 words
  11. 27.Chapter XXVI: End of the Flight: We Pass the Forth3,871 words
  12. 28.Chapter XXVII: I Come to Mr. Rankeillor2,801 words
  13. 29.Chapter XXVIII: I Go in Quest of My Inheritance2,696 words
  14. 30.Chapter XXIX: I Come Into My Kingdom2,319 words
  15. 31.Chapter XXX: Good-Bye1,760 words