Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

Pick three characters in Kidnapped and explore how they embody the novel’s interest in The Duality of Human Nature.

Though he only appears in the novel’s early episodes, Ransome makes an impact on David and appears in the narrator’s reflections later in the novel. Analyze the character of Ransome and explore the nature of his lasting effect on the protagonist.

Kidnapped was initially written as a serial. How might the genre expectations of the Victorian serial have influenced the structure, pacing, and story of the novel?