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Kidnapped

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Historical fictionScotland -- History -- 18th century -- FictionAdventure and adventurers -- FictionKidnapping -- Fiction

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  1. 01Front matter~13 min
  2. 02I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS~11 min
  3. 03I COME TO MY JOURNEY’S END~13 min
  4. 04I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE~17 min
  5. 05I RUN A GREAT DANGER IN THE HOUSE OF SHAWS~19 min
  6. 06I GO TO THE QUEEN’S FERRY~16 min
  7. 07CHAPTER VI~12 min
  8. 08I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG _COVENANT_ OF DYSART~17 min
  9. 09CHAPTER VIII~13 min
  10. 10CHAPTER IX~21 min
  11. 11CHAPTER X~17 min
  12. 12CHAPTER XI~10 min
  13. 13I HEAR OF THE “RED FOX”~21 min
  14. 14CHAPTER XIII~14 min
  15. 15CHAPTER XIV~23 min
  16. 16CHAPTER XV~20 min
  17. 17CHAPTER XVI~18 min
  18. 18CHAPTER XVII~14 min
  19. 19I TALK WITH ALAN IN THE WOOD OF LETTERMORE~19 min
  20. 20CHAPTER XIX~16 min
  21. 21CHAPTER XX~21 min
  22. 22CHAPTER XXI~18 min
  23. 23CHAPTER XXII~19 min
  24. 24CHAPTER XXIII~20 min
  25. 25CHAPTER XXIV~24 min
  26. 26CHAPTER XXV~16 min
  27. 27CHAPTER XXVI~25 min
  28. 28I COME TO MR. RANKEILLOR~18 min
  29. 29I GO IN QUEST OF MY INHERITANCE~18 min
  30. 30I COME INTO MY KINGDOM~15 min

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I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father’s house. The sun began to shine upon the summit of the hills as I went down the road; and by the time I had come as far as the manse, the blackbirds were whistling in the garden lilacs, and the mist that hung around the valley in the time of the dawn was beginning to arise and die away. Mr. Campbell, the minister of Essendean, was waiting for me by the garden gate, good man! He asked me if I had breakfasted; and hearing that I lacked for nothing, he took my hand in both of his and clapped it kindly under his arm.

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