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Title: Kidnapped (Penguin Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson, Donald McFarlan ISBN: 0-14-043401-1 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.77 (56 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: High adventure and edge of your seat suspense...
Comment: I find that Mr. Stevenson is a very talented writer because his story was described excellently and the suspense seemed very real.
Kidnapped is the story of a young man's adventures. This particular young man was named David Balfour. After his parents passed away David set off in search of his rich uncle, to find himself a new home. Little did he know that on his arrival that his uncle would try to chase him away with a gun, and would be the most miserly person David had ever met. For fear of having to feed David, the uncle had him kidnapped aboard a ship that would take him to America to work on the plantations. Due to an unexpected change in the weather, however, the ship was wrecked on the coast of Scotland, and there the adventure began.
On the back of the novel it says that this book has been enjoyed by generations and shall be enjoyed for generations to come. When I chose to read this novel I wasn't sure if that statement would be true. I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed the story, I found it to be well written and exciting. I looked forward to the end because I was curious to see what would happen.
I'd say any book that is good enough to be deemed a classic has an importance all it's own. I have not read many classics but I find this book important because it holds a lot of information pertaining to the history and culture of Scotland and it's people.
In other words, this is a great story, read it!
Rating: 5
Summary: wow
Comment: (...)The book I read was Kidnapped by Robert L. Stevenson. David, the main character has an adventuress life. His adventures started when his father dies and he has to leave the city of Essedean to go to his uncle's house. His uncle sells him to a captain named Hoseason. Alan and David meet up then separate after David gets Alan a way back home. This book is about a young boy, David Balfour, through his adventures and friends. One thing that happens right away is that David's uncle tries to kill by asking him to go up an unfinished staircase in the dark. After being sold to a sea captain he sees one of his best friends, Ransom, die because of Mr. Shaun. The covenant causes the ship to sink, and they manage to save one man, Alan, off that ship. Later they plot to kill this same Gentleman. I think it could have everything from super fun to almost the to point of depression to have an adventuress life like that.
When I was reading the scene where David shoots the two grown men. My mouth practically touched ground. I couldn't believe that he could have shot two men. I mean the book makes him seem to be around fourteen or fifteen. I couldn't even imagine shooting someone and I'm almost his age. This part almost makes me want to cry, " "
One of my favorite parts in this book is when David and Alan get captured by Cluny's men. The reason why that this is one of my favorite parts is because David is kind of panicking and Alan is as cool as a cucumber."
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The most exiting part of this book was when Alan and David fight off the whole crew of the covenant. " ". This was a very exciting part in Kidnapped.
I think readers learn a lot about trust and friendship. This book kind of shows that you can't trust everyone. also shows us that you should watch who you make friendships with. This book is about a young boy, David Balfour, becoming a man through things in his life that he will not forget. Things like having to shoot someone and seeing be shot. These experiences would most definitely be life changing for any person.
Rating: 4
Summary: whits review of "Kidnapped"
Comment: Kidnapped is a story about a young boy's life during the 1800's. This boys name is David and he is going through some hard times right after his father's death. His only family left is his Uncle Ebenezer who he doesn't even know. He travels to the house of Shaws where he meets his uncle, who turns out to be a very mean old man. David has come there not only to meet his closest kin left, but to also collect his inheritance from his father's death. David's uncle has him sent off to be a slave on a ship to the Carolinas, without David knowing. This leads to a series of adventures on the open sea and eventually to Scotland, where David and his new friend Alan are being chased by the English army. They eventually gather their bearings and find there way back to the house of Shaws. Here they get David's father's lawyer to help make David's uncle turn over his part of the inheritance. And then the story ends with David receiving two thirds of his uncle's income as David's inheritance. The reason that I chose this book is for the reasons that it really shows how cruel people were back in the 1800's and how easy people got away with mean things. It shows that no body was safe in the 1800's and even people with money were corrupt. The book reads very well because of Stevenson's great style of writing. This book also interests the reader greatly with its great action scenes that seem to go on forever and ever. There are changes in the book almost every other chapter that really change the way the book reads and this sucks you in even more. This book also catches an eye with its great imagery, I remember this one scene where they are describing a river that David needed to cross to get to the main land and the imagery was so good that I could picture this river and the houses on the other side. The main character David is also a very interesting boy to read about and all you want the whole book is for something to go good for him. He had to deal with so much and he doesn't get rewarded till the end of the book. If you are a reader that loves a great 1800's action book, with a very interesting plot, you will like Kidnapped a lot.
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Title: The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses by Robert Louis Stevenson, N.C. Wyeth ISBN: 0684188775 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: November, 1987 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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