This book has 688 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1869. Carver will let nothing get in the way of his marriage to Lorna, which he plans to force upon her once Sir Ensor dies and he comes into his inheritance. He falls hopelessly in love with Lorna, a girl he meets by accident, who turns out to be not only (apparently) the granddaughter of Sir Ensor Doone (lord of the Doones), but destined to marry (against her will) the impetuous, menacing, and now jealous heir of the Doone Valley, Carver Doone. Battling his desire for revenge, John also grows into a respectable farmer and takes good care of his mother and two sisters. John Ridd is the son of a respectable farmer who was murdered in cold blood by one of the notorious Doone clan, a once noble family, now outlaws, in the isolated Doone Valley.

Set in the 17th century in the Badgworthy Water region of Exmoor in Devon and Somerset, England. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869. BlackmoreĪvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook formats. Sir Ensor is powerless to protect her, so she must contact John to rescue her.Buy the entire collection (over 2,400 ebooks) for only £15. After many years he becomes very ill and an upstart named Carver decides that he wants Lorna as his wife. She is protected from the others by Sir Ensor Doone, the group's leader, because he has grown attached to her. They immediately become infatuated with each other, but Lorna is kidnapped by the Doones, a group of bandits, and she is taken back to their village and raised as one of them. Lorna is a young noble girl who meets a young farmer boy named John Ridd. Please view all photos carefully using zoom tool as they are part of the description~ Thank you~Ĭomes carefully wrapped and tied with vintage milliners ribbon, ready for gifting or display~Īlso included will be one of my vintage bookplates for your personal identification~ Great for students, teachers, book collectors, English Literature students, wedding decor, book decor and more~Ī Scarce/Rare edition which after careful research I found to be published in 1900~ There are a few photo illustrations akin to the area the book is written about~Ī former inscription is on the front endpages along with a little round gift sticker~ This is a charming old edition of Blackmore's classic novel, LORNA DOONE~įor a book that is over 120 years old it is in good vintage condition, there is some rubbing on the lovely botanical decorated green covers, mostly along edges,Ĭharming tanning to pages and a bit of foxing but this book is tightly bound and all pages are intact~ “The love of all things was upon me, and a softness to them all, and a sense of having something even such as they had.”

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