Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson | ISBN: | 9781411467255 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | March 13, 2012 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
ISBN: | 9781411467255 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Publication: | March 13, 2012 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
Language: | English |
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
"'Catriona' so reeks and hums with genius that there is no refuge for the desperate reader but in straightforward prostration." - Henry JamesRobert Louis Stevenson considered Catriona, the lively sequel to Kidnapped, his best work. At the end of Kidnapped, young David Balfour enters an Edinburgh bank to claim his inheritance., In the opening scene of Catriona, he comes out moneybags in hand. While Balfour entered the bank a somewhat stolid teenager; he exits into young manhood to contend with all the complexities of politics, love, and family
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
"'Catriona' so reeks and hums with genius that there is no refuge for the desperate reader but in straightforward prostration." - Henry JamesRobert Louis Stevenson considered Catriona, the lively sequel to Kidnapped, his best work. At the end of Kidnapped, young David Balfour enters an Edinburgh bank to claim his inheritance., In the opening scene of Catriona, he comes out moneybags in hand. While Balfour entered the bank a somewhat stolid teenager; he exits into young manhood to contend with all the complexities of politics, love, and family