Kidnapped

Kidnapped : David Balfour

  • by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Narrated by Steven Crossley
  • Series: David Balfour
  • 8 hrs and 15 mins
  • Unabridged Audiobook
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After his father dies, David Balfour is told to go to his uncle for his inheritance. But the uncle has no intention of letting the riches go - so he plots to kill Balfour, ultimately arranging for him to be kidnapped as a slave bound for the American colonies.
Balfour's future looks bleak - until he witnesses a shipwreck and befriends the lone survivor, a rugged Highlander named Alan Breck Stewart. Together, they plan their rebellion - and the fight back home to claim Balfour's inheritance.
Spirited, romantic, and full of danger, Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic of high adventure.

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choose a different narrator

I admire Stevenson's work. He's smart, funny, thoughtful, sensitive, and a terrific storyteller, and "Kidnapped" is deservedly famous. But this narration doesn't do the book justice. I found Steven Crossley to have a beautiful voice but a limited range of expression, which he applies with little regard to the actual words being spoken. This is particularly problematic with a book like this one, which has dialect and unfamiliar historical references, so that you really lean on the narrator for meaning. I also didn't think that Crossley distinguished adequately between voices; when one character says to another, "I have twelve files of soldiers at my back," and you can't tell which character is speaking, that's also a problem. There are other narrators available for this title and I'm sorry I picked this one.
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- beatrice

A fun way to go back in time to another era

Because of the age and writing style of this novel, the narration was key to the success and enjoyment of this book. It's a great story and surprisingly upbeat. The misfortunes are many, but the main character never gives up spirit as one catastrophe leads to another. Along the way, he encounters the worst and best that men have to offer each other and manages to survive the process.
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- J. Colston

Book Details

  • Release Date: 02-04-2010
  • Publisher: Tantor Audio
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