Lorna Doone

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Pamela Knights, Department of English Studies, Durham University.

Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor is an historical novel of high adventure set in the South West of England during the turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion (1685).

It is also a moving love story told through the life of the young farmer John Ridd, as he grows to manhood determined to right the wrongs in his land, and to win the heart and hand of the beautiful Lorna Doone.

Continuously in print since its first publication in 1869, Lorna Doone has remained perennially popular with a wide readership ever since.

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Lorna Doone

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Pamela Knights, Department of English Studies, Durham University.

Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor is an historical novel of high adventure set in the South West of England during the turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion (1685).

It is also a moving love story told through the life of the young farmer John Ridd, as he grows to manhood determined to right the wrongs in his land, and to win the heart and hand of the beautiful Lorna Doone.

Continuously in print since its first publication in 1869, Lorna Doone has remained perennially popular with a wide readership ever since.

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Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

by R. D. Blackmore
Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

by R. D. Blackmore

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With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Pamela Knights, Department of English Studies, Durham University.

Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor is an historical novel of high adventure set in the South West of England during the turbulent time of Monmouth's rebellion (1685).

It is also a moving love story told through the life of the young farmer John Ridd, as he grows to manhood determined to right the wrongs in his land, and to win the heart and hand of the beautiful Lorna Doone.

Continuously in print since its first publication in 1869, Lorna Doone has remained perennially popular with a wide readership ever since.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781853260766
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions, Limited
Publication date: 01/01/1998
Series: Classics Library Series
Edition description: REPRINT
Pages: 624
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825–1900) wrote more than a dozen novels, five books of poetry, and translated Virgil’s Georgics.

Michelle Allen teaches Victorian literature at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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