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David Balfour

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A brisk Scottish adventure of abduction, flight, political intrigue, and hard-won identity.

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David Balfour

David Balfour is swept into danger after his inheritance is stolen. Stevenson combines Jacobite politics, sea voyages, Highland landscapes, and a young man’s struggle to decide what kind of life he will claim.

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Robert Louis Stevenson died in 1894; this English adventure novel was first published in 1893 and is public domain.

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David Balfour

Robert Louis Stevenson

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DAVID BALFOUR

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02SHE DROPPED ME ONE OF HER CURTSEYS, WHICH WERE EXTRAORDINARY TAKING
  3. 03DAVID BALFOUR
  4. 04Being Memoirs of his Adventures at home and Abroad
  5. 05THE SECOND PART: In which are set forth his Misfortunes anent the APPIN Murder; his Troubles with Lord Advocate GRANT; Captivity on the Bass Rock; Journey into Holland and France; and Singular Relations with JAMES MORE DRUMMOND or MACGREGOR, a Son of the notorious ROB ROY, and his Daughter CATRIONA
  6. 06WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
  7. 07AND NOW SET FORTH BY
  8. 08ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
  9. 09ILLUSTRATED
  10. 10NEW YORK
  11. 11CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
  12. 12COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY
  13. 13DEDICATION
  14. 14To
  15. 15CHARLES BAXTER, Writer to the Signet.
  16. 16MY DEAR CHARLES,
  17. 17R.L.S. VAILIMA, UPOLU, SAMOA, 1902.
  18. 18LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  19. 19Part I
  20. 20THE LORD ADVOCATE
  21. 21CHAPTER I
  22. 22A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK
  23. 23CHAPTER II
  24. 24THE HIGHLAND WRITER
  25. 25CHAPTER III
  26. 26I GO TO PILRIG
  27. 27WHAT DID THEY SUFFER FOR? I ASKED
  28. 28CHAPTER IV
  29. 29LORD ADVOCATE PRESTONGRANGE
  30. 30CHAPTER V
  31. 31IN THE ADVOCATE'S HOUSE
  32. 32CHAPTER VI
  33. 33UMQUILE THE MASTER OF LOVAT
  34. 34CHAPTER VII
  35. 35I MAKE A FAULT IN HONOR
  36. 36CHAPTER VIII
  37. 37THE BRAVO
  38. 38TIT YOU EFFER HEAR WHERE ALAN GRIGOR FAND THE TANGS? SAID HE
  39. 39CHAPTER IX
  40. 40THE HEATHER ON FIRE
  41. 41CHAPTER X
  42. 42THE RED-HEADED MAN
  43. 43CHAPTER XI
  44. 44THE WOOD BY SILVERMILLS
  45. 45CHAPTER XII
  46. 46ON THE MARCH AGAIN WITH ALAN
  47. 47THE GOODMAN BROUGHT ME MY MEAT AND A DROP BRANDY, AND A CANDLE-DOWP TO EAT IT BY, ABOUT ELEEVEN, SAID HE
  48. 48CHAPTER XIII
  49. 49GILLANE SANDS
  50. 50He assured me in answer I should be tenderly used, for he knew he was "acquent wi' the leddy."
  51. 51CHAPTER XIV
  52. 52THE BASS
  53. 53CHAPTER XV
  54. 54BLACK ANDIE'S TALE OF TOD LAPRAIK
  55. 55THE TALE OF TOD LAPRAIK
  56. 56THERE HE SAT, A MUCKLE FAT, WHITE HASH OF A MAN LIKE CREISH
  57. 57This was ower true, and Sandie was a wee thing set ajee. "Aweel, Edie," says he, "and what would be your way of it?"
  58. 58CHAPTER XVI
  59. 59THE MISSING WITNESS
  60. 60CHAPTER XVII
  61. 61THE MEMORIAL
  62. 62THERE IS NOTHING HERE TO BE VIEWED BUT NAKED CAMPBELL SPITE AND SCURVY CAMPBELL INTRIGUE
  63. 63CHAPTER XVIII
  64. 64THE TEE'D BALL
  65. 65CHAPTER XIX
  66. 66I AM MUCH IN THE HANDS OF THE LADIES
  67. 67CHAPTER XX
  68. 68I CONTINUE TO MOVE IN GOOD SOCIETY
  69. 69Part II
  70. 70FATHER AND DAUGHTER
  71. 71CHAPTER XXI
  72. 72THE VOYAGE INTO HOLLAND
  73. 73CHAPTER XXII
  74. 74HELVOETSLUYS
  75. 75UP SHE STOOD ON THE BULWARKS AND HELD BY A STAY
  76. 76CHAPTER XXIII
  77. 77TRAVELS IN HOLLAND
  78. 78CHAPTER XXIV
  79. 79FULL STORY OF A COPY OF HEINECCIUS
  80. 80CHAPTER XXV
  81. 81THE RETURN OF JAMES MORE
  82. 82CHAPTER XXVI
  83. 83THE THREESOME
  84. 84YOU TELL ME SHE IS HERE? SAID HE AGAIN
  85. 85CHAPTER XXVII
  86. 86A TWOSOME
  87. 87CHAPTER XXVIII
  88. 88IN WHICH I AM LEFT ALONE
  89. 89CHAPTER XXIX
  90. 90WE MEET IN DUNKIRK
  91. 91CHAPTER XXX
  92. 92THE LETTER FROM THE SHIP
  93. 93KEEP BACK, DAVIE! ARE YE DAFT?
  94. 94CONCLUSION

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