How you explore Kidnapped on Literah
The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 16 characters, 24 places, 12 objects and 7 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 26 passages of Kidnapped sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Robert Louis Stevenson wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Robert Louis Stevenson instead.
The Kidnapped feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of Kidnapped
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- David leaves Essendean with a letter for the House of Shaws
- Alan Breck Stewart comes aboard and changes everything
- The Covenant wrecks and David is stranded alone in the Highlands
- The Red Fox is shot and David and Alan become fugitives
- The flight across the heather - David and Alan become friends
- They cross the Firth of Forth and reach Queensferry
- Rankeillor restores David's inheritance - and Alan is gone
The author's pen in Kidnapped
The passages themselves, Robert Louis Stevenson's own words, as Literah maps it.
- The Last Time Homech. 1
- Glad Of The Workch. 1
- The Brig Strikes the Reefch. 1
- Cast Into the Seach. 1
- Accused And Driven To Flightch. 1
- Robin Takes the Pipesch. 1
- Back in His Own Landch. 1
- The House of Shawsch. 2
- The Bare Stone Kitchench. 3
- The Dark Stair Towerch. 4
- I Felt I Was Lostch. 6
- Bound in the Bellych. 8
- The Survivor in Fine Clothesch. 9
- David Fires Into Their Midstch. 10
- Cast Upon a Barren Islech. 14
- The Secret of Earraidch. 14
- The Lad With the Silver Buttonch. 15
- Crying Out The Murdererch. 17
- Riach Takes Alan's Partch. 18
- Lights Below the Braech. 19
The characters of Kidnapped
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- David Balfourmajor
- Alan Breck Stewartmajor
- Ebenezer Balfourmajor
- Captain Elias Hoseasonsupporting
- Mr. Rankeillorsupporting
- Mr. Campbellsupporting
- James Stewartsupporting
- Colin Campbell / Red Foxsupporting
- Cluny Macphersonsupporting
- Mr. Riachsupporting
- Shuansupporting
- Ransomesupporting
- Jennet Cloustonminor
- Alexander Balfourmentioned
- Grace Pitarrowmentioned
- Ardshielmentioned
The locations in Kidnapped
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Essendeanparish
- Manse at Essendeanmanse
- House of Shawsestate house
- Shaws tower stairstair
- Cramond parishparish
- Edinburghcity
- Queen’s Ferry / Queensferryferry town
- Hawes Inninn
- Brig Covenantship
- Round-house of the Covenantship cabin
- Island Earraidislet
- Isle of Mullisland
- Torosaydistrict
- Morvendistrict
The core concepts in Kidnapped
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Legitimacy vs Possession
- Trust and Judgment
- Loyalty Across Difference
- Jacobite Scotland After Defeat
- Lowland and Highland Scotland
- Education Through Ordeal
- Home, Belonging, and Inheritance
The objects of note in Kidnapped
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Alexander Balfour’s letter
- David’s Bible
- Lily of the Valley Water paper
- Ebenezer’s blunderbuss
- Stair candle
- Alan’s belt of gold
- Alan’s silver-buttoned coat
- Alan’s sword
- Round-house weapons
- David’s identity papers
- Rankeillor’s paper book
- Inheritance agreement
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