Ep. 1142, Kidnapped, Part 1 of 3, by Robert Louis StevensonVINTAGE
The Classic Tales Podcast
B.J. Harrison
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 146 minutes
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Murder? Kidnapping? How low will the miserly Ebenezer Balfour stoop to keep his nephew David from his rightful inheritance? Robert Louis Stevenson, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.
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As you may know, I like to do a spot of adventure over the summer. This summer, I thought of something a little different. Robert Louis Stevenson, my gateway drug to the classics, wrote a sequel to Kidnapped that is quite good, but not as well known. I've been wanting to do it for some time, but the time didn't seem right. This summer I think we'll give it a go.
So that you all can refresh yourselves on David Balfour's story, I'm planning a few more robust vintage episodes during the next few weeks, where we'll hear the entire novel of Kidnapped in three episodes.
Now, here's the thing – this is like, one of the first audiobooks I've ever recorded. So while it still gets a fair rating on Audible, you'll hear that I'm still getting my sea legs. Kidnapped has never appeared on The Classic Tales Podcast and has only been available in our retail outlets.
And if you've never heard it before, you're in for a real treat. Warts and all.
And now, Kidnapped, part 1 of 3, by Robert Louis Stevenson
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| 0:00.0 | Murder? Kidnapping? How low will the miserly Ebenezer Balfour stoop to keep his nephew David from his rightful inheritance? |
| 0:11.7 | Robert Louis Stevenson, today on the Classic Tales podcast. |
| 0:15.9 | Music Welcome to this vintage episode of the Classic Tales podcast, where an audiobook approach |
| 0:32.4 | delivers an immersive experience in both familiar and new to you classic literature. I'm your host, |
| 0:39.8 | B.J. Harrison. I'm glad you could join us. With the audiobook library card, you gain access |
| 0:46.0 | to the entire Classic Tales Library that I've been working on for 19 years. Hundreds of titles |
| 0:52.5 | and thousands of hours of classic audiobooks in tons of genres. |
| 0:57.7 | These are the same titles found on Audible, Spotify, Barnes & Noble, etc. They already have |
| 1:04.3 | thousands of five-star ratings, many have won awards, and you can download all you want, |
| 1:10.5 | no limits so stop |
| 1:12.4 | counting credits or waiting for Libby and get your audiobook library card for |
| 1:17.1 | only 999 a month it's the best deal on the internet you're going to love it go to |
| 1:23.6 | audio book library card.com and choose the plan that's right for you. |
| 1:29.4 | As you may know, I like to do a spot of adventure over the summer. |
| 1:34.7 | This summer I thought of something a little different. |
| 1:37.7 | Robert Louis Stevenson, my gateway drug to the classics, |
| 1:42.0 | wrote a sequel to Kidnapped that is quite good, but not as well known. |
| 1:46.8 | I've been wanting to do it for some time, but the timing didn't seem right. |
| 1:51.2 | This summer, I think we'll give it a go. |
| 1:54.1 | So that you can all refresh yourselves on David Balfour's story, I'm planning a few more robust |
| 1:59.7 | vintage episodes during the next few weeks, |
| 2:02.5 | where we'll hear the entire novel of Kidnapped in three episodes. |
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