For the age when healthy romance first begins to be appreciated, there is nothing in English literature more appealing than the fine old story of the Doone robbers, and the little daughter of the outlaws who captured the heart of honest John Ridd.Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900), referred to most commonly as R.D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. Blackmore was a pioneering figure in the Romanticism movement ...

LORNA DOONE AND OTHER NOVELS includes seven novels by English novelist Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900).  One of the most famous and successful novelists of the Victorian Era, Blackmore is best known for LORNA DOONE, the romantic tale of a charming daughter of a family of robbers. In addition to LORNA DOONE, this edition includes the quasi-sequel SLAIN BY THE DOONES and a selection of Blackmore's other novels. • Lorna Doone • Slain by the Doones • Christow...

Lorna Doone is a romance that tells the story of a seventeenth-century successful farmer, John Ridd, whose father is killed by the Doones, a clan of unruly brigands living in the wilderness. When John once accidently ventures into the clans area, he meets the beautiful Lorna and falls in love with her. In order to rescue his beloved from the life that she hates, he has to go through a long and violent struggle with his rival Carver Doone who also claims Lornas hand. He eventually succeeds in ...

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.

First published in 1869, Lorna Doone is the story of John Ridd, a young farmer's boy determined to avenge his father's death at the hands of the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon.Part Romeo & Juliet, part revenge, and part romance set against the lavish and lonely expanse of the moors, this epic of star-crossed lovers, unbridled greed, dark secrets, and ruthless ambitions is a stirring and intensely romantic story for those w...

The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. Blackmore was one to succeed as this audiobook ably demonstrates. Richard Doddridge Blackmore was born on 7 June 1825 at Longworth in Berkshire (now part of Oxfordshire), where his father, John Blackmore, was Curate-in-charge of the parish. Hi...

In "Lorna Doone" entführt R.D. Blackmore die Leser in das rauhe und romantische Exmoor des 17. Jahrhunderts. Dieses epische Werk vereint Elemente des Historienromans, der Liebesgeschichte und des Abenteuers. Die Erzählung dreht sich um die tragische, aber tiefgreifende Liebe zwischen John Ridd, einem einfachen Landwirt, und der mysteriösen Lorna Doone, die Teil einer berüchtigten Familie von Gesetzlosen ist. Blackmores meisterhafter literarischer Stil, geprägt von melodischem Sprachfluss u...

Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who, at the end of Volume 1, is thrown out of his family home and disowned by his father following the suspicious death of Cradock's twin brother Clayton, their father's favorite. In Volume 2, the story picks up with those left behind at Nowelhurst and the question of who is now heir apparent to the Nowell fort...

This edition includes R.D. Blackmore's classic tale of love and murder, LORNA DOONE as well as SLAIN BY THE DOONES, a semi-sequel to LORNA DOONE.Set in the fictional Doone Valley of Exmoor in England, the once-noble Doone clan has degenerated into a band of outlaws, feared and hated by their neighbors. Young John Ridd, a respectable farmer, grows up hating the Doones who had murdered his grandfather, but falls in love with Lorna Doone.

Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who is thrown out of his family home by his father following the suspicious death of Cradock's twin brother Clayton. It was Blackmore's second novel, and the novel he wrote prior to his most famous work Lorna Doone.

Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of the eponymous hero. In volume 1, he finds himself estranged from his father following the death of his preferred twin brother, for which he is blamed. In volume 2, he is forced to make his own way in life and travels to London to find work and lodgings.*Warning: Some listeners may be offended by some of the language.

R.D. Blackmore was a 19th century British author during the Victorian era. Blackmore’s works are noted for their depiction of English society similar to other authors of his time including Thomas Hardy. This edition of The Maid of Sker includes a table of contents.