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Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor

R. D. Blackmore

Set in 17th-century Devon and Somerset, it follows John Ridd, a farmer whose father was murdered by the outlaw Doone clan.

"Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor" by R. D. Blackmore is a novel. Set in 17th-century Devon and Somerset, it follows John Ridd, a farmer whose father was murdered by the outlaw Doone clan.

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The irregular pile of rocks that goes by this name is wrongly called Cheese-ring (or scoop) in some editions of “Lorna Doone,” instead of Cheese-wring or (press), which it somewhat resembles in shape. Southey began the fortune of Lynton as a watering-place, and wrote a glowing description of the village and the Valley of Rocks. Of the latter he says: “A palace of the pre-Adamite kings, a city of the Anakim must have appeared so shapeless and yet so like the ruins of what had been shaped after the waters of the flood subsided.” Great bowlders, half hidden by the bracken, lie about in wildest confusion; the remains of what seem to be Druidic circles can be traced here and there, and it is hard to persuade one's self that the ragged towers and picturesque piles of rock are not the work of Cyclopean architects.

Contents

  1. 01Preface
  2. 02Preface to the Sixth Edition
  3. 03Autograph.jpg
  4. 04Publishers' Preface
  5. 05xii.jpg Tailpiece
  6. 06Preface by Miss Katharine Hillard
  7. 07xiv.jpg Cheese-wring
  8. 08xv.jpg Malmsmead
  9. 09001a.jpg
  10. 10Chapter I -- Elements of Education
  11. 11001b.jpg Illustrated Capital
  12. 12Greek1.jpg
  13. 13Greek2.jpg
  14. 14002.jpg John Ridd's School Desk
  15. 15Chapter II -- an Important Item
  16. 16005.jpg The School Room
  17. 17Chapter III -- the War-Path of the Doones
  18. 18014.jpg Illustrated Capital
  19. 19019.jpg Great Coach and Six Horses Labouring
  20. 20021.jpg Where Be Us Now?
  21. 21026.jpg Said It Was But a Pixie
  22. 22Chapter IV -- a Very Rash Visit
  23. 23028.jpg Illustrated Capital
  24. 24029.jpg He Rode at the Doone Robber
  25. 25030.jpg Father Was Found Dead on the Moor
  26. 26034.jpg Here is a Lady, Counsellor
  27. 27Chapter V -- an Illegal Settlement
  28. 28037.jpg Illustrated Capital
  29. 29042.jpg Tailpiece
  30. 30Chapter VI -- Necessary Practice
  31. 31043.jpg Illustrated Capital
  32. 32045.jpg Won Skill in Target Practice
  33. 33Chapter VII -- Hard It Is to Climb
  34. 34051.jpg Illustrated Capital
  35. 35058.jpg A Long Pale Slide of Water
  36. 36Chapter VIII -- a Boy and a Girl
  37. 37062.jpg Illustrated Capital
  38. 38063.jpg Sate Upright
  39. 39069.jpg Tailpiece
  40. 40Chapter IX -- There Is No Place Like Home
  41. 41070.jpg Illustrated Capital
  42. 42072.jpg John Ridd at Supper
  43. 43Chapter X -- a Brave Rescue and a Rough Ride
  44. 44077.jpg Illustrated Capital
  45. 45079.jpg A Brave Rescue
  46. 46081.jpg Tom Faggus
  47. 47083.jpg Bill Dadds
  48. 48084.jpg A Rough Ride
  49. 49085.jpg Tailpiece
  50. 50Chapter XI -- Tom Deserves His Supper
  51. 51086.jpg Illustrated Capital
  52. 52092.jpg Tailpiece
  53. 53Chapter XII -- a Man Justly Popular
  54. 54093.jpg Tom Faggus
  55. 55100.jpg To Be Upon the Beach
  56. 56102.jpg Tailpiece
  57. 57Chapter XIII -- Master Huckaback Comes in
  58. 58103.jpg Illustrated Capital
  59. 59105.jpg Uncle Ben in Our Warm Chimney-corner
  60. 60Chapter XIV -- a Motion Which Ends in a Mull

About this edition

Author
R. D. Blackmore
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
701 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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