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Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886
After his father’s death, young David Balfour visits the House of Shaws to claim his inheritance. Betrayed by his uncle and carried off to sea, David escapes into the Scottish Highlands, where he joins Alan Breck Stewart in a perilous flight across the country to reclaim his birthright.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 38 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
Kidnapped — Principal Cast, Full FigureFull-body ensemble of the four principal characters.
David Balfour — Profile
Alan Breck Stewart — Profile
Ebenezer Balfour — Profile
James Stewart — Profile
AppinALAN’S COUNTRY BY THE SEA-LOCH
Cluny’s CageA WATTLE HIDEOUT ON BEN ALDER
Kidnapped — Character ConnectionsSource-backed network of four principal and eleven named supporting characters.
This edition
- Title
- Kidnapped
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
- First published
- 1886
- Illustrated plates
- 133 original artworks · 38 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 30 · about 81,842 words
- Reading time
- 5 h 27 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- November 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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