Kidnapped and Catriona (shelfworn) by Robert Louis Stevenson

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203mm x 126mm x 33mm

Pages: 480

In 'Kidnapped' (1886) and later fiction such as 'The Master of Ballantrae' (1888), Stevenson examined some of the extreme and contrary currents of Scotland's past, often projecting a dualism of both personality and belief. This dualism is most famous in 'Kidnapped' whose two central characters are David Balfour, a Lowland Whig, and Alan Breck Stewart, a Highland Jacobite. The novel revolves around their friendship and their differences, suggesting a metaphor for Scotland itself. Stevenson wrote the sequel 'Catriona' with the title David Balfour, but during serialisation in England the public became confused, thinking it might be a reprint of 'Kidnapped'. At publisher Cassell's request, the title was changed to 'Catriona' after Balfour's daughter.