# Kidnapped — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/dedication.md): Robert Louis Stevenson dedicates the tale to his friend Charles Baxter, acknowledging historical liberties taken in the story and reflecting on shared memories of youth, friendship, and the passage of time.
- [Kidnapped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/kidnapped.md): David Balfour, a young man from Essendean, sets out to seek his fortune after the death of his father. He travels to the House of Shaws to meet his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour, who treats him coldly and suspiciously. David d
- [I Set Off Upon My Journey to the House of Shaws](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/i-i-set-off-upon-my-journey-to-the-house-of-shaws.md): David Balfour leaves his father's house in Essendean on a June morning in 1751. Mr. Campbell, the minister, gives him a letter from his father directing him to the House of Shaws, the estate of his uncle Ebenezer Balfour
- [II: I Come to My Journey’s End](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/ii-i-come-to-my-journey-s-end.md): David Balfour arrives in the parish of Cramond and seeks directions to the House of Shaws. He encounters suspicious and ominous reactions from locals, including a curse from Jennet Clouston. Undeterred, he reaches the di
- [I Make Acquaintance of My Uncle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/iii-i-make-acquaintance-of-my-uncle.md): David Balfour arrives at the House of Shaws and meets his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour, a miserly and suspicious man. Ebenezer reluctantly acknowledges David as his nephew, reads the letter from David's father, and offers him

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- [IV: I Run a Great Danger in the House of Shaws](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/iv-i-run-a-great-danger-in-the-house-of-shaws.md)
- [I Go to the Queen’s Ferry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/v-i-go-to-the-queen-s-ferry.md)
- [What Befell at the Queen’s Ferry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/vi-what-befell-at-the-queen-s-ferry.md)
- [VII: I Go to Sea in the Brig Covenant of Dysart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/vii-i-go-to-sea-in-the-brig-covenant-of-dysart.md)
- [The Roundhouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/viii-the-roundhouse.md)
- [The Man with the Belt of Gold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/ix-the-man-with-the-belt-of-gold.md)
- [X: The Siege of the Roundhouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/x-the-siege-of-the-roundhouse.md)
- [The Captain Knuckles Under](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xi-the-captain-knuckles-under.md)
- [I Hear of the “Red Fox”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xii-i-hear-of-the-red-fox.md)
- [XIII: The Loss of the Brig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xiii-the-loss-of-the-brig.md)
- [The Islet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xiv-the-islet.md)
- [The Lad with the Silver Button: Through the Isle of Mull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xv-the-lad-with-the-silver-button-through-the-isle-of-mull.md)
- [The Lad with the Silver Button: Across Morven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xvi-the-lad-with-the-silver-button-across-morven.md)
- [XVII: The Death of the Red Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xvii-the-death-of-the-red-fox.md)
- [XVIII: I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xviii-i-talk-with-alan-in-the-wood-of-lettermore.md)
- [The House of Fear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xix-the-house-of-fear.md)
- [XX: The Flight in the Heather: The Rocks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xx-the-flight-in-the-heather-the-rocks.md)
- [XXI: The Flight in the Heather: The Heugh of Corrynakiegh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxi-the-flight-in-the-heather-the-heugh-of-corrynakiegh.md)
- [The Flight in the Heather: The Moor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxii-the-flight-in-the-heather-the-moor.md)
- [Cluny’s Cage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxiii-cluny-s-cage.md)
- [The Flight in the Heather: The Quarrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxiv-the-flight-in-the-heather-the-quarrel.md)
- [In Balquhidder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxv-in-balquhidder.md)
- [End of the Flight: We Pass the Forth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxvi-end-of-the-flight-we-pass-the-forth.md)
- [I Come to Mr. Rankeillor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxvii-i-come-to-mr-rankeillor.md)
- [I Go in Quest of My Inheritance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxviii-i-go-in-quest-of-my-inheritance.md)
- [I Come Into My Kingdom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxix-i-come-into-my-kingdom.md)
- [Goodbye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxx-goodbye.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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