Lorna Doone, a romance of Exmoor
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Lorna Doone, a romance of Exmoor
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Lorna Doone
Medium
electronic resource
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dictionaries
Series statement
Penguin classics
Sub title
a romance of Exmoor
Summary
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor (1869) by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825- 1900) is a romance novel set in 17th century England in the region of Exmoor. The story follows a farmer named John Ridd who falls in love with Lorna Doone (the granddaughter of the Lord of the Doones). The Doones are considered to be the most notorious and outlawed clan in the region and who also had murdered his father when he was just a boy. As John tries to prevent his feelings developing any further towards Lorna, he later learns that Lorna is not actually related to the Doone family but the long lost girl whose mother was robbed and murdered by the Doone family
Target audience
adult
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