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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a novelist, poet, short-story writer, and essayist. In 1883, while bedridden with tuberculosis, he wrote what would become one of the best known and most beloved collections of children's poetry in the English language, A Child's Garden of Verses. Block City is taken from that collection. Stevenson is also the author of such classics as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing sequel, November 11, 2011

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This review is from: Catriona (Kindle Edition)

Having enjoyed Kidnapped very much, I wanted to read the sequel too but found it rather tiresome in the end.

The beginning and and ending are pretty good, and the characters are well-developed, but the author seems to be fabricating and drawing out the tension in rather contrived ways for nearly the entire book. The hero's foolishness gets him and Catriona into an awkward situation, at which point her highly unlikeable father comes on the scene and makes the final chapters very tedious reading.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not as exciting as Kidnapped; however just as good., August 2, 1998

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This review is from: Catriona (Konemann Classics) (Hardcover)

This sequel to _Kidnapped_ does not start out as well as _Kidnapped_; however it soon makes up for it. _Catriona_ takes up the story of David Balfour only one or two days after _Kidnapped_. He must now try to clear his name and the name of James Stewart of the Appin murder. This will not be easy because the Campells want James Stewart to hang.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Another good classic from Stevenson, January 2, 2000

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Nearly as interesting as Kidnapped, but with quite a bit more romance

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James More, Miss Grant, David Balfour, Miss Drummond, Alan Breck, James Stewart, Captain Sang, Tam Dale, King George, Simon Fraser, Tod Lapraik, Sheriff Miller, Stewart the Writer, Charles Stewart, James of the Glens, Captain Palliser, Hope Park, Lady Allardyce, Lady Grange, Mistress Grant, Bass Rock, Catriona Drummond, Charlie Stewart, Lang Dykes, Mungo Campbell

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