Kidnapped (novel) by being left in public places around the city; throughout February 2007, 25,000 copies of the novel were distributed in that way. Citations Bibliography Kidnapped (novel) Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine "Young Folks" from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, "Catriona", was published in 1893. The narrative is written in English with some dialogue in Lowland Scots. "Kidnapped" is set
Kidnapped (1960 film) Walt Disney in England when Disney visited the set and suggested they adapt Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Kidnapped" for their next project. Stevenson re-read the novel, was enthused, and wrote a treatment on a working holiday in Scotland. When another project he was working on fell over, Stevenson wrote a screenplay for "Kidnapped". The novel had been filmed twice before by Hollywood studios, in 1938 and 1942. 20th Century Fox had registered rights to the title but waived them and the film was announced in December 1958. Stevenson says Disney was of great use when working on the script. Many