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Erema (Hardcover)
R. D Blackmore
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Lorna Doone (Hardcover)
R. D Blackmore
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This work is called a "romance," because the incidents, characters,
time, and scenery, are alike romantic. And in shaping this old
tale, the Writer neither dares, nor desires, to claim for it the
dignity or cumber it with the difficulty of an historic novel.
And yet he thinks that the outlines are filled in more
carefully, and the situations (however simple) more warmly colored
and quickened, than a reader would expect to find in what is called
a "legend." And he knows that any son of Exmoor, chancing on this
volume, cannot fail to bring to mind the nurse-tales of his
childhood -- the savage deeds of the outlaw Doones in the depth of
Bagworthy Forest, the beauty of the hapless maid brought up in the
midst of them, the plain John Ridd's Herculean power, and (memory's
too congenial food) the exploits of Tom Faggus.
R.D. Blackmore
March, 1869
Dramatized from the novel by R. D. Blackmore. Exmoor's haunting
beauty dominates this irresistible blend of romance and adventure
that is R.D. Blackmore's famous novel, here superbly adapted for
the stage. Spanning thirteen years, all the characters are present
from the ruthless Doones to the peace-loving Ridds; from the
highwayman Tom Faggus to Hanging Judge Jeffreys. But the love of
John Ridd for Lorna Doone remains firmly at the heart of the
play.Large flexible cast
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for
secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven
reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Listen along with
downloadable MP3 audio.
A romantic adventure story set in south-west England in the 1600s.
John Ridd swears revenge upon the evil Carver Doone who murdered
his father. But who is the beautiful young girl he meets in Doone
Valley?
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Lorna Doone (Paperback, New edition)
R. D Blackmore; Introduction by Pamela Knights; Notes by Pamela Knights; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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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.
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