#100 in Adventure
Kidnapped
- 266
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
- Film 1960 +9
- On screen
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Our view
“Kidnapped” is a classic adventure of flight across Scotland in which the land and its people come vividly alive. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote it in 1886 as a boys’ novel, and it has since won admirers from Henry James to Hilary Mantel. Some readers tire of the long chase after the opening third; others are caught off guard by the abrupt ending, which the sequel “Catriona” takes up.
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About the book
Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, Catriona, was published in 1893.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 10 times — from 1917 to 2005.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 53 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 27% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 19 | 36% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 34 | 64% |
Frequently asked
How long is Kidnapped?
It has 266 pages — shorter than 86% of the ranked books in Adventure.
In this book
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