Kidnapped and Catriona [electronic resource]
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-18942013
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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.
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Kidnapped and Catriona [electronic resource] / Robert Louis Stevenson
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[Place of publication not identified] : Birlinn, 2013
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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9780857907080
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English
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1570748