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Catriona

Robert Louis Stevenson

Catriona

Paper book: €33.99

Digital: €14.99

Original publication
1893
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
718
Difficulty
Medium
Genres
Adventure, Romance
Moods
Escape it all, Fall in love, Travel back in time
Translated from
English

Book summary

In Edinburgh in 1751, young David Balfour has just come into his inheritance. He wants to testify to save an innocent man accused of a political murder, but the men in power have already chosen their culprit, and they mean to stop David from speaking. At the same time, he meets Catriona Drummond, a strong-willed young woman from the Highlands.

Plots, danger and a love story mix in the troubled Scotland of the eighteenth century, where David meets up again with Alan Breck, his rebellious, swaggering friend.

Told by David himself, with plenty of dialogue, it is a pleasure to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

A young man sets out to save an innocent. Edinburgh, 1751. David Balfour, a young man from the countryside, has just inherited his family’s estate.

The world of the book

Scotland in 1751, after a rebellion. In 1745, clans from the Highlands, the mountains of northern Scotland, rose up against the King. They were defeated.

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