Table Of ContentKIDNAPPED
Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®,
GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Kidnapped
Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®,
GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation
Robert Louis Stevenson
PSAT® is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered
trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and
Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither
sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management
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Contents
PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR..........................................................................................1
PREFACE TO THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION.....................................................................5
DEDICATION....................................................................................................................9
CHAPTER I I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS.......................11
CHAPTER II I COME TO MY JOURNEY’S END................................................................17
CHAPTER III I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE....................................................23
CHAPTER IV I RUN A GREAT DANGER IN THE HOUSE OF SHAWS................................31
CHAPTER V I GO TO THE QUEEN’S FERRY...................................................................39
CHAPTER VI WHAT BEFELL AT THE QUEEN’S FERRY...................................................47
CHAPTER VII I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG “COVENANT” OF DYSART...............................53
CHAPTER VIII THE ROUND-HOUSE...............................................................................61
CHAPTER IX THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD........................................................67
CHAPTER X THE SIEGE OF THE ROUND-HOUSE..........................................................77
CHAPTER XI THE CAPTAIN KNUCKLES UNDER.............................................................85
CHAPTER XII I HEAR OF THE “RED FOX”......................................................................91
CHAPTER XIII THE LOSS OF THE BRIG.......................................................................101
CHAPTER XIV THE ISLET............................................................................................107
CHAPTER XV THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: THROUGH THE ISLE OF MULL..117
CHAPTER XVI THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: ACROSS MORVEN....................125
CHAPTER XVII THE DEATH OF THE RED FOX............................................................133
CHAPTER XVIII I TALK WITH ALAN IN THE WOOD OF LETTERMORE..........................139
CHAPTER XIX THE HOUSE OF FEAR...........................................................................147
CHAPTER XX THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE ROCKS.........................................154
CHAPTER XXI THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE HEUGH OF CORRYNAKIEGH.......163
CHAPTER XXII THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE MOOR........................................171
CHAPTER XXIII CLUNY’S CAGE...................................................................................179
CHAPTER XXIV THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE QUARREL.................................189
CHAPTER XXV IN BALQUHIDDER...............................................................................199
CHAPTER XXVI END OF THE FLIGHT: WE PASS THE FORTH......................................207
CHAPTER XXVII I COME TO MR. RANKEILLOR............................................................219
CHAPTER XXVIII I GO IN QUEST OF MY INHERITANCE...............................................227
CHAPTER XXIX I COME INTO MY KINGDOM...............................................................235
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CHAPTER XXX GOOD-BYE..........................................................................................243
GLOSSARY...................................................................................................................247
Robert Louis Stevenson 1
PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR
Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this
edition of Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson was edited for students who are actively building
their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®,
LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.1
Webster’s edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of
synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in
other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic
words and expressions are given lower priority in the notes compared to words which are “difficult,
and often encountered” in examinations. Rather than supply a single synonym, many are provided
for a variety of meanings, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of the English language,
and avoid using the notes as a pure crutch. Having the reader decipher a word’s meaning within
context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not
already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficult word is not noted on a page, chances are that it
has been highlighted on a previous page. A more complete thesaurus is supplied at the end of the
book; Synonyms and antonyms are extracted from Webster’s Online Dictionary.
Definitions of remaining terms as well as translations can be found at www.websters-online-
dictionary.org. Please send suggestions to [email protected]
The Editor
Webster’s Online Dictionary
www.websters-online-dictionary.org
1 P S A T ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered
trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and
Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither
sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management
Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a
registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses
this product. All rights reserved.
Robert Louis Stevenson 3
HOW HE WAS KIDNAPPED AND CAST AWAY; HIS SUFFERINGS IN A
DESERT ISLE; HIS JOURNEY IN THE WILD HIGHLANDS; HIS
ACQUAINTANCE WITH ALAN BRECK STEWART AND OTHER
NOTORIOUS HIGHLAND JACOBITES; WITH ALL THAT HE SUFFERED AT
THE HANDS OF HIS UNCLE, EBENEZER BALFOUR OF SHAWS, FALSELY
SO CALLED.%
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF AND NOW SET FORTH BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
WITH A PREFACE BY MRS. STEVENSON
Thesaurus
stevenson: (n) Robert Louis Stevenson,
Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Adlai
Stevenson.
Robert Louis Stevenson 5
PREFACE TO THE BIOGRAPHICAL EDITION
While my husband and Mr. Henley were engaged in writing plays in
Bournemouth they made a number of titles, hoping to use them in the future.
Dramatic composition was not what my husband preferred, but the torrent of
Mr. Henley’s enthusiasm swept him off his feet. However, after several plays
had been finished, and his health seriously impaired by his endeavours to keep
up with Mr. Henley, play writing was abandoned forever, and my husband
returned to his legitimate vocation. Having added one of the titles, The Hanging
Judge, to the list of projected plays, now thrown aside, and emboldened by my
husband’s offer to give me any help needed, I concluded to try and write it
myself.%
As I wanted a trial scene in the Old Bailey, I chose the period of 1700 for my
purpose; but being shamefully ignorant of my subject, and my husband
confessing to little more knowledge than I possessed, a London bookseller was
commissioned to send us everything he could procure bearing on Old Bailey
trials. A great package came in response to our order, and very soon we were
both absorbed, not so much in the trials as in following the brilliant career of a
Mr. Garrow, who appeared as counsel in many of the cases. We sent for more
books, and yet more, still intent on Mr. Garrow, whose subtle cross-examination
of witnesses and masterly, if sometimes startling, methods of arriving at the
truth seemed more thrilling to us than any novel.
Thesaurus
bookseller: (n) bookshop, bookstore, find. ANTONYM: (v) give. swelling. ANTONYMS: (adj) boring,
owner, proprietor, publisher. shamefully: (adv) ignominiously, depressing, discouraging, upsetting,
confessing: (v) confess. ingloriously, scandalously, uninspiring.
cross-examination: (n) inquiry, trial, infamously, shockingly, torrent: (n) flood, cloudburst,
examination. discreditably, basely, outrageously; overflow, stream, downpour, rain,
emboldened: (adj) bold. (adv, v) dishonorably, foully, nastily. shower, soaker, inundation; (adj, n)
masterly: (adj) masterful, expert, crack, ANTONYMS: (adv) commendably, volley, eruption. ANTONYMS: (n)
proficient, consummate, compassionately, nobly. drought, trickle, shower.
accomplished, adroit, skillful, thrilling: (adj, n) electric; (adj) exciting, vocation: (n, v) calling, profession,
dexterous; (adv) principally, expertly. sensational, exhilarating, electrifying, employment; (n) occupation, job,
procure: (v) get, obtain, buy, earn, win, emotional, rousing, gripping, trade, business, career, line, mission,
gain, have, purchase, induce, derive, stimulating; (adj, v) impressive; (n, v) line of work.
Description:There are many editions of Kidnapped. This educational edition was created for self-improvement or in preparation for advanced examinations. The bottom of each page is annotated with a mini-thesaurus of uncommon words highlighted in the text, including synonyms and antonyms. Designed for school dist
