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Kidnapped

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Adventure · Children's books · History

Open Library OL24166W

Kidnapped has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. Kidnapped is written in English with some dialogue in the Lowland Scots language.

About the author

Stevenson could write a straight adventure and a nightmare about a divided self in the same decade. Treasure Island and Jekyll and Hyde are both exact about consequence. More of this shelf for Robert Louis Stevenson.

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