KIDNAPPED

by Robert Louis Stevenson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 7, 1953

These inaugurate a new series of uniform classics, simplified so that little more than their bare essentials remain. Where there may be an excuse for a revision for young moderns of, say, the stilted quality of Defoe's Crusoe or a shortening of Kidnapped's lengthy descriptions -- these are matters of individual taste. But it does seem that readers should be willing to take what the authors wrote originally. That case is strengthened by the bone-dryness of these revisions, all of which have been cut so extensively that little atmosphere remains, and the purpose-to introduce young readers to the classics-defeats itself. Attractive size and format and plentiful supplies of colored pictures make up for textual imperfections. Plastic covers.

Pub Date: Sept. 7, 1953

ISBN: 1421808552

Page Count: -

Publisher: Winston

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1953

Categories: CHILDREN'S