Travel Writing

Stolen away and then shipwrecked, David Balfour heads for home through unfamiliar lands. The hero ofKidnappedis thus an explorer as well as the reader’s guide. But given his dual role, it is a question whether he knows where he is going. Stevenson helpfully insisted on a map for David’s travels, yet...

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Published inThe Edinburgh Companion to Robert Louis Stevenson p. 86
Main Author Caroline McCracken-Flesher
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Edinburgh University Press 06.07.2010
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Summary:Stolen away and then shipwrecked, David Balfour heads for home through unfamiliar lands. The hero ofKidnappedis thus an explorer as well as the reader’s guide. But given his dual role, it is a question whether he knows where he is going. Stevenson helpfully insisted on a map for David’s travels, yet that map fails to place our Davie. Stevenson wrote: ‘a red line is to show the wanderings of my hero […] It must be sometimes dotted to show uncertainty.’¹ Nonetheless, generations have rushed to follow in the footsteps of Stevenson’s characters, and even of the writer himself.²
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