KidnappedSet in Scotland in 1751, Kidnapped tells of how young David Balfour, orphaned, and betrayed by his uncle Ebenezer who should have been his guardian, is kidnapped, and falls in with Alan Breck, the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite cause. The novel revolves around their friendship and their differences, suggesting a metaphor for Scotland itself. Modern critics see the novel as more than a boy's adventure yarn; at the heart of it lies what Henry James described as the 'really excellent' chapters of the flight in the heather that raise the novel to greatness. The illustrations by William Hole are from the first edition, with an Afterword by Ned Halley. |
Contents
I Set off upon My Journey to the House of Shaws | 17 |
I Come to My Journeys End | 22 |
I Make Acquaintance of My Uncle | 31 |
I Run a Great Danger in the House of Shaws | 39 |
I Go to the Queens Ferry | 51 |
What Befell at the Queens Ferry | 58 |
I Go to Sea in the Brig Covenant of Dysart | 64 |
The Roundhouse | 75 |
I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore | 171 |
The House of Fear | 181 |
The Flight in the Heather The Rocks | 189 |
The Flight in the Heather The Heugh of Corrynakiegh | 203 |
The Flight in the Heather The Moor | 212 |
Clunys Cage | 223 |
The Flight in the Heather The Quarrel | 235 |
In Balquhidder | 247 |
The Man with the Belt of Gold | 81 |
The Siege of the Roundhouse | 94 |
The Captain Knuckles Under | 104 |
I Hear of the Red Fox | 109 |
The Loss of the Brig | 120 |
The Islet | 129 |
The Lad with the Silver Button Through the Isle of Mull | 141 |
The Lad with the Silver Button Across Morven | 153 |
The Death of the Red Fox | 162 |
End of the Flight We Pass the Forth | 257 |
I Come to Mr Rankeillor | 270 |
I Go in Quest of My Inheritance | 281 |
I Come to My Kingdom | 290 |
Goodbye | 300 |
Afterword | 307 |
Biography | 317 |
Further Reading | 318 |
Common terms and phrases
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