Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
Jul 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Exmoor in the 1680s: the Doones, a clan of outlawed gentry, ride down from their valley to rob and murder as they please, and a yeoman's son who saw them kill his father falls in love with the girl they are raising as their own. Blackmore grew fruit in Teddington and insisted the market garden mattered more than the writing; this 1869 romance made Exmoor a place people visit, and John Ridd's voice — slow, literal, immovable — carries all thirteen hundred pages. Its 204 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.
Exmoor in the 1680s: the Doones, a clan of outlawed gentry, ride down from their valley to rob and murder as they please, and a yeoman's son who saw them kill his father falls in love with the girl they are raising as their own. Blackmore grew fruit in Teddington and insisted the market garden ma...
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R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900) was an English novelist and fruit-grower. He practiced law before turning to literature, writing his works from his home in Teddington, Middlesex. His novels include Lorna Doone (1869) and The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, Bart., M.P. (1884).
R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900) was an English novelist and fruit-grower. He practiced law before turning to literature, writing his works from his home in Teddington, Middlesex. His novels include Lorna Doone (1869) and The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, Bart., M.P. (1884).
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