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Kidnapped

Aerie, January 1991
Edition: Complete and Unabridged, ISBN: 978-0-8125-0473-6, ISBN10: 0-8125-0473-9,
Classics, 4 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 240 pages,
Mass Market Paperbound, $3.99

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Robert Louis Stevenson

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850–1894) was born in Scotland. His many acclaimed works include Treasure Island and A Child’s Garden of Verses.

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Kidnapped
1I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWSI WILL BEGIN the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father's house. The sun began to shine upon the summit of the hills as I went down the road; and by the time I had come as far as the manse, the blackbirds were whistling in the garden lilacs, and the mist that hung around the valley in the time of the dawn was beginning to arise and die away.

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