Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. Blackmore

"Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor" by R. D. Blackmore is a novel published in 1869. Set in seventeenth-century Devon and Somerset, it tells the story of John Ridd, a farmer whose father was murdered by the outlaw Doone clan. When John falls in love with Lorna, who appears to be a Doone, he faces an impossible choice between vengeance and devotion. Their romance unfolds against political upheaval and dangerous secrets about Lorna's true identity, building toward a dramatic confrontation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge), 1825-1900
Title Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorna_Doone
Note There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #17460
Credits Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Historical fiction
Subject Monmouth's Rebellion, 1685 -- Fiction
Subject Love stories
Subject Exmoor (England) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 840
Release Date
Last Update Aug 7, 2019
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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