Kidnapped Resources
Movie or TV Productions
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Starring Roddy McDowell, better known as Dr. Cornelius from Planet of the Apes.
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This one stars Michael Caine (you know, Alfred from The Dark Knight) as Alan Breck.
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The…animated…version?
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Relatively recent TV production.
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Really recent TV production.
Documents
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The full text of Kidnapped for free on Project Gutenberg.
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This is the trial document Stevenson consulted when he was doing research for Kidnapped.
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The Thomas Cooper Library, at the University of South Carolina, holds an original copy of both The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Treasure Island.
Videos
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With some sort of string instrument in the background, possibly a clavichord?
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Warning: the bouncing camera made us a little seasick.
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This is hilariously 1930s: we love the opening horn section and the painted sets. This is the YouTube playlist for the entire 1938 movie.
Images
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This portrait is by American artist John Singer Sargent.
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This one is also by American artist John Singer Sargent. The arrangement of this painting is bizarre – if you're looking for Mrs. Stevenson, she's sitting on the right under some sort of blanket.
Other Links
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A brief but thorough biography of Robert Louis Stevenson.
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If you just can't get enough!
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This California museum houses a giant collection of Stevenson-related goodness.
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Stevenson died of a brain hemorrhage on the island of Samoa at the age of 44. His body is buried there along with his wife's.
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An analysis of the man's work by the great American novelist Henry James.
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Written by James's good friend Robert Louis Stevenson.
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A look at where exactly those two crazy kids got to in this novel.