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Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, [1] published in 1869. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor.
15,853 ratings774 reviews. First published in 1869, Lorna Doone is the story of John Ridd, a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon.
Lorna Doone. Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. He won acclaim for vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a ...
Lorna Doone, historical romance by R.D. Blackmore, published in 1869. Set in the wilds of Exmoor (northern Devonshire, Eng.) during the late 17th century, the novel concerns the adventurous life of the yeoman John Ridd and the circuitous course of his love for Lorna Doone, a beautiful maiden.
3. Juli 2022 · You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor Author: R. D. Blackmore Release Date: January 4, 2006 [EBook #17460] [Last Updated: July 3, 2022] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF ...
7. Juni 2023 · Stephen Roberts explores the life and love of Lorna Doone author, Oxfordshire boy RD Blackmore. The author of a novel a lot of people will have heard of, Lorna Doone, he was a notable storyteller born at Longworth in Berkshire. For this month’s Cotswold Great, however, I’m claiming this fellow as one of ours.
First published in 1869, Lorna Doone is the story of John Ridd, a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon.
