Project Gutenberg 2010-04-07 Public domain in the USA. 83 Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 Stevenson, R. L. (Robert Louis) Lang, Andrew 1844 1912 Lang, Walter Andrew The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 10 The misadventures of John Nicholson -- Kidnapped. Produced by Marius Masi, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 10" by Stevenson is a collection of fictional narratives written in the late 19th century. This volume includes the stories "The Misadventures of John Nicholson" and "Kidnapped," following themes of misfortune, adventure, and personal struggle. The opening portion of "The Misadventures of John Nicholson" introduces us to John Varey Nicholson, a rather unfortunate young man struggling against the ambitions of his strict father and societal pressures. As he navigates his life, John finds himself at a crossroads when he neglects his responsibility to deliver a large sum of money to the bank. Instead, he succumbs to temptation while spending time with a carefree friend, leading to a series of irresponsible choices that amplify his problems. The narrative sets the stage for John's growing misadventures, boldly addressing themes of parental expectations, youthful folly, and the consequences of one's actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Historical fiction Scotland -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction Christmas stories Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction Kidnapping -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Fiction 639599 639591 2024-09-13T12:21:14.546918 2023-09-14T06:33:06.031219 text/html text/html 665554 2021-01-06T10:41:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 990695 2021-01-06T10:41:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1081695 2024-09-13T12:21:26.116903 application/epub+zip 1091556 2024-09-13T12:21:18.044896 application/epub+zip 313779 2024-09-13T12:21:16.651985 application/epub+zip 1529697 2024-09-13T12:21:31.895812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1491370 2024-09-13T12:21:24.931954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436824 2022-09-14T15:33:10.937016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577041 576940 2024-09-13T12:21:12.932910 2023-09-14T06:33:04.693177 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 576950 2021-01-06T10:41:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 223760 2021-01-06T10:41:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 576943 2021-01-06T10:41:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 223735 2021-01-06T10:41:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21626 2024-09-13T12:21:32.053823 application/rdf+xml 25290 2024-09-13T12:21:17.038889 image/jpeg 4494 2024-09-13T12:21:16.842917 image/jpeg 1061991 2024-09-13T12:21:14.616900 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia