Name: Kidnapped
Price: 1216.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
ISBN: 9781646794003

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher

Cosimo Classics

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.4 cm

Weight

0.38 kg.

ISBN13

9781646794003

Synopsis "Kidnapped"

"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."- Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped This jacketed hardcover edition of Kidnapped (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson is a coming-of-age novel that recounts the adventures of a teenager named David Balfour during the Jacobite Rebellions in 18th century Scotland. Following his father's death, David reaches out to an uncle, who betrays his nephew and sells him to a slave-trader headed for America. David's rescue from the slave ship by a Jacobite refugee starts David on a series of adventures that ensure his passage into manhood.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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(Edinburgh, 1850 - Samoa, 1894) British novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist. He entered the University of Edinburgh at the age of sixteen to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lighthouse engineer, a career he would later abandon. His nautical studies allowed him to come into contact with seafaring people and customs, key ingredients in some of his most famous works. His renowned work, Treasure Island, was published under the pseudonym Captain George North in 1881. In 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, one of the great classics of literature, was released. He died on the island of Samoa, at his home, Vailima.

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