tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post3535680802154233297..comments2024-01-09T04:06:27.982-08:00Comments on Not New For Long: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevensonseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post-49533619759547498442009-03-27T11:24:00.000-07:002009-03-27T11:24:00.000-07:00Thanks to this discusscion, I've just picked up an...Thanks to this discusscion, I've just picked up and read my copy of the other book Stevenson wrote around the same time he wrote Kidnapped -- The Strane Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.<BR/><BR/>The opening chapter's introduction of Utterson is superb. What a character sketch. Stevenson knew how to hook a reader.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post-48005224572333345752009-03-19T21:20:00.000-07:002009-03-19T21:20:00.000-07:00I think it was Peter who got me interested in Inno...I think it was Peter who got me interested in Innocents Abroad with <A HREF="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/search?q=innocents+abroad" REL="nofollow">this post</A> about the idea of 'the select'.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post-77020724201769841592009-03-19T00:52:00.000-07:002009-03-19T00:52:00.000-07:00SeanaWell you cant go wrong with Innocents Abroad....Seana<BR/><BR/>Well you cant go wrong with Innocents Abroad. Hilarity will ensue. I remember the quarantine Athenian episode very well. <BR/><BR/>Also I believe he mentions Jerusalems endemic stray cat population which was still a sad mess when I was there.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post-56669362770469421952009-03-18T23:36:00.000-07:002009-03-18T23:36:00.000-07:00Dover publishes some ultracheap editions of Steven...Dover publishes some ultracheap editions of Stevenson and Jules Verne. Maybe they do a "Kidnapped." And there is always my trusty library.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post-66404303980976056102009-03-18T22:58:00.000-07:002009-03-18T22:58:00.000-07:00Peter, I think it would be great if either or both...Peter, I think it would be great if either or both of us were influential in that way. If it helps, there is a famous real life unsolved murder at the heart of it. Some people claim it is solved, but it's the kind of thing that I would think would always be the subject of speculation.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post-55556260284978621302009-03-18T22:22:00.000-07:002009-03-18T22:22:00.000-07:00You two may talk me into reading "Kidnapped," just...You two may talk me into reading "Kidnapped," just as Alan Moore got me to buy "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" not long ago. It's somewhere not far from the top of my TR list.<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> <A HREF="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post-1540806717669740232009-03-17T23:07:00.000-07:002009-03-17T23:07:00.000-07:00Actually, it turns out that many of them very much...Actually, it turns out that many of them very much did like Kidnapped. The two who told me beforehand were apparently red herrings. It was actually pretty great. We did the usual catching up thing, because it's a social club as much as a book group at this point, but a pretty good discussion of the book ensued. The one person who hadn't finished did bring her copy of the N.C. Wyatt illustrated edition which was gorgeous, although not my own imagining of either Davie or Alan at all. And she brought her biography of Fannie Stephenson, R.L.'s wife, which was pretty interesting just in itself.<BR/><BR/>It was pretty interesting to see how people read it. One friend who loved it had been taking a course on moral philosophy of some sort and she found David to be moralistic and took against him. But I took up for him, saying that, yes, he had a moralistic background, but that he alone seemed to be able to ride the line of moral complexity that was Scotland at that time.<BR/><BR/>It was interesting how much people seemed to relate the clan culture of Scotland to the tribal culture of Afghanistan, which seems apt, but which I never thought of. There was a 'for' and 'agin' it. I mean that there was a viewpoint expressed that said that the limited viewpoint of clan or tribal culture was blessed to be overridden by the concept of universal law, as well as a viewpoint that saw it as colonization.<BR/><BR/>I did express the friendship theme, but as often happens, it was a moment in a varied discussion. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I think on balance most were happy to have read it, so I will thank you for the suggestion in their place. <BR/><BR/>Next up? Innocents Abroad, which was also my suggestion, although apparently the earliest version of the group read it in the pre-me days. Should be fun. After that, I am more than ready for someone else to take on the onus of selection.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246733253377632158.post-31844806662252529542009-03-17T21:09:00.000-07:002009-03-17T21:09:00.000-07:00Exactly. Its a book about friendship. Something ve...Exactly. Its a book about friendship. Something very rare in ahy time. Friendship, honour, humour - its a book about virtue, not necessarily rewarded but certainly explored.<BR/><BR/>And to your mates, well I'd just say I'm sorry if you dont like Kidnapped then you're just not as deep as I thought you were.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.com