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'Kidnapped' title page
Robert Louis Stevenson1886
National Library of Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Title page of the New York publication of 'Kidnapped' by Robert Louis Stevenson. Originally published in serialised form in 'Young Folks' literary magazine, the novel became one of Stevenson's most popular works.
'Kidnapped' details the adventures of 16-year old David Balfour, who is orphaned and then sold to the captain of a slave ship by his dastardly uncle. He meets Scottish rebel Alan Breck and the two are flung together on an adventure across the Scottish Highlands.
[Shelfmark ABS.2.94.48]
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- Title: 'Kidnapped' title page
- Creator: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
- Date Created: 1886
- Subject Keywords: Robert Louis Stevenson, Children's literature, Scottish authors
- Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Rights: the physical item used to create this digital image is out of copyright
- External Link: Access this edition of 'Kidnapped' online with National Library of Scotland
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