regshoe

I can't really be reasonable about Kidnapped, it's one of those books I read too early on - or, to be more precise, I can't really be reasonable about Alan Breck. He was actually 5'10" or thereabouts (we know from the description issued by the authorities hunting him after the murder) but mere primary evidence cannot displace the higher poetic truth of Stevenson's Tiny Alan. I was bitterly disappointed in Catriona as a kid, for being full of soppy boy/girl stuff, but it has its moments.