Kidnapped

Robert Louis Stevenson

274 pages, parution le 06/07/2023

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We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation? Written in 1886, Kidnapped is an adventure novel set in Scotland in the mid-1700s, not long after the Jacobite rebellion in the Highlands which had attempted to set Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne. This rebellion was put down brutally and afterwards the Government imposed strict controls on Highlanders, outlawing many clan leaders. The protagonist of Stevenson's novel is young David Balfour, who is in his late teens. David sets off from his hometown after the death of both of his parents to seek out his sole remaining relative, his uncle Ebenezer. Expecting to be welcomed, he is shocked by the hostile reception he is given by the old man, who is a hermit much despised by his neighbours. Ebenezer tricks young David and arranges for him to be kidnapped and taken to be sold into slavery. A series of unexpected events occur, however, and David finds himself at large in the Highlands, seeking the help of the outlaw Alan Breck Stewart, who entangles him in further complications. Kidnapped is one of Stevenson's most popular novels for young people, and has been adapted several times for movies and television.

L'auteur - Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) est né à Edimbourg, en Ecosse. Ayant reçu une éducation presbytérienne, il s'émancipe dès l'âge de dix-sept ans en entrant à l'université et mène une vie bohème. Il se consacre alors à l'écriture et au voyage. Il est l'auteur de nombreux romans dont L'Île au trésor, Voyage avec un âne dans les Cévennes ou encore ce chef-d'oeuvre : L'Etrange Cas du docteur Jekyll et de M. Hyde. Il meurt à Apia, dans l'île d'Upolu (Océanie). Cet auteur majeur du XIXe siècle a su enchanter petits et grands lecteurs.