Kidnapped (book) facts for kids
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First American edition, New York: Scribner's Sons, 1886
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| Author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English, Lowland Scots |
| Genre | Adventure novel Historical novel |
| Publisher | Cassell and Company Ltd |
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Publication date
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1886 |
| Pages | 136 |
Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886.
The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, Catriona, was published in 1893.
The narrative is written in English with some dialogue in Lowland Scots.
Kidnapped is set around real 18th-century Scottish events, notably the "Appin murder", which occurred in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Many of the characters are real people. The political situation of the time is portrayed from multiple viewpoints.
The novel has been adapted a number of times, and in multiple media. Film and television versions have been made in 1917, 1938, 1948, 1960, 1971, 1978, 1986, 1995 and 2005. Marvel Illustrated published a comic book version in 2007–2008.
A four-part adaptation was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1985. A more recent two-part adaptation was broadcast also on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.
As part of the events to celebrate Edinburgh becoming the first UNESCO City of Literature, three versions of Kidnapped were made freely available by being left in public places around the city; throughout February 2007, 25,000 copies of the novel were distributed in that way.
Images for kids
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Kidnapped sketch of route of ship and David's walk across Scotland
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Robert Louis Stevenson at age 35 in 1885
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Kidnapped cover, by William Brassey Hole, London edition, Cassell and Company, 1886
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Alexander Stoddart's Kidnapped statue at Corstorphine, Edinburgh, depicting Alan Breck Stewart and David Balfour at their final parting on Corstorphine Hill (unveiled 2004). Breck holds the handmade cross with silver button, cleverly designed to carry a message to an illiterate colleague.
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See also
In Spanish: Secuestrado (novela de Robert Louis Stevenson) para niños
