{"product_id":"book-fx5q","title":"Kidnapped","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Louis Stevenson's \u003ci\u003eKidnapped\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a rollicking adventure story and an earnest political allegory. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and historical notes by Donald McFarlan, and a foreword by Alasdair Gray.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrphaned and penniless, David Balfour sets out to find his last living relative, miserly and reclusive Uncle Ebenezer. But Ebenezer is far from welcoming, and David narrowly escapes being murdered before he is kidnapped and imprisoned on a ship bound for the Carolinas. When the ship is wrecked, David, along with the fiery rebel Alan Breck, makes his way back across the treacherous Highland terrain on a quest for justice. Through his powerful depiction of the two very different central characters - the romantic Breck and the rational Whig David - Stevenson dramatized a conflict at the heart of Scottish culture in the aftermath of the Jacobite rebellion, as well as creating an unforgettable adventure story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition includes a foreword by Alasdair Gray discussing Stevenson's life and literary career and how he came to write \u003ci\u003eKidnapped\u003c\/i\u003e. In his introduction, Donald McFarlan considers the novel's realism and a depiction of Scotland. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh, the son of a prosperous civil engineer. Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer, the success of \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e (1883) and \u003ci\u003eKidnapped \u003c\/i\u003e(1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure. Stevenson's Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil, themes he explored in \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e (1886), and \u003ci\u003eThe Master of Ballantrae\u003c\/i\u003e (1893).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© Penguin Classics 1994 (P) Penguin Audio 2022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49355933155632,"sku":"BDfx5q","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/fx5q-Square-cover.jpg?v=1769766412","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-fx5q","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}