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A romance of Exmoor, outlaw violence, family feud, and steadfast love in seventeenth-century England.

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Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone tells the story of John Ridd and Lorna, raised among the outlaw Doones, against a landscape of moors, raids, revenge, and political unrest. R. D. Blackmore’s novel combines regional detail, adventure, and enduring romance.

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Lorna Doone

LORNA DOONE, A ROMANCE OF EXMOOR

by 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 coloured 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.

March, 1869.

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02Preface
  3. 03I. ELEMENTS OF EDUCATION
  4. 04II. AN IMPORTANT ITEM
  5. 05III. THE WARPATH OF THE DOONES
  6. 06IV. A VERY RASH VISIT
  7. 07V. AN ILLEGAL SETTLEMENT
  8. 08VI. NECESSARY PRACTICE
  9. 09VII. HARD IT IS TO CLIMB
  10. 10VIII. A BOY AND A GIRL
  11. 11IX. THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME
  12. 12X. A BRAVE RESCUE AND A ROUGH RIDE
  13. 13XI. TOM DESERVES HIS SUPPER
  14. 14XII. A MAN JUSTLY POPULAR
  15. 15XIII. MASTER HUCKABACK COMES IN
  16. 16XIV. A MOTION WHICH ENDS IN A MULL
  17. 17XV. MASTER HUCKABACK FAILS OF WARRANT
  18. 18XVI. LORNA GROWS FORMIDABLE
  19. 19XVII. JOHN IS CLEARLY BEWITCHED
  20. 20XVIII. WITCHERY LEADS TO WITCHCRAFT
  21. 21XIX. ANOTHER DANGEROUS INTERVIEW
  22. 22XX. LORNA BEGINS HER STORY
  23. 23XXI. LORNA ENDS HER STORY
  24. 24XXII. A LONG SPRING MONTH
  25. 25XXIII. A ROYAL INVITATION
  26. 26XXIV. A SAFE PASS FOR KING'S MESSENGER
  27. 27XXV. A GREAT MAN ATTENDS TO BUSINESS
  28. 28XXVI. JOHN IS DRAINED AND CAST ASIDE
  29. 29XXVII. HOME AGAIN AT LAST
  30. 30XXVIII. JOHN HAS HOPE OF LORNA
  31. 31XXIX. REAPING LEADS TO REVELLING
  32. 32XXX. ANNIE GETS THE BEST OF IT
  33. 33XXXI. JOHN FRY'S ERRAND
  34. 34XXXII. FEEDING OF THE PIGS
  35. 35XXXIII. AN EARLY MORNING CALLING
  36. 36XXXIV. TWO NEGATIVES MAKE AN AFFIRMATIVE
  37. 37XXXV. RUTH IS NOT LIKE LORNA
  38. 38XXXVI. JOHN RETURNS TO BUSINESS
  39. 39XXXVII. A VERY DESPERATE VENTURE
  40. 40XXXVIII. A GOOD TURN FOR JEREMY
  41. 41XXXIX. A TROUBLED STATE AND A FOOLISH JOKE
  42. 42XL. TWO FOOLS TOGETHER
  43. 43XLI. COLD COMFORT
  44. 44XLII. THE GREAT WINTER
  45. 45XLIII. NOT TOO SOON
  46. 46XLIV. BROUGHT HOME AT LAST
  47. 47XLV. A CHANGE LONG NEEDED
  48. 48XLVI. SQUIRE FAGGUS MAKES SOME LUCKY HITS
  49. 49XLVII. JEREMY IN DANGER
  50. 50XLVIII. EVERY MAN MUST DEFEND HIMSELF
  51. 51XLIX. MAIDEN SENTINELS ARE BEST
  52. 52L. A MERRY MEETING A SAD ONE
  53. 53LI. A VISIT FROM THE COUNSELLOR
  54. 54LII. THE WAY TO MAKE THE CREAM RISE
  55. 55LIII. JEREMY FINDS OUT SOMETHING
  56. 56LIV. MUTUAL DISCOMFITURE
  57. 57LV. GETTING INTO CHANCERY
  58. 58LVI. JOHN BECOMES TOO POPULAR
  59. 59LVII. LORNA KNOWS HER NURSE
  60. 60LVIII. MASTER HUCKABACK'S SECRET
  61. 61LIX. LORNA GONE AWAY
  62. 62LX. ANNIE LUCKIER THAN JOHN
  63. 63LXI. THEREFORE HE SEEKS COMFORT
  64. 64LXII. THE KING MUST NOT BE PRAYED FOR
  65. 65LXIII. JOHN IS WORSTED BY THE WOMEN
  66. 66LXIV. SLAUGHTER IN THE MARSHES
  67. 67LXV. FALLING AMONG LAMBS
  68. 68LXVI. SUITABLE DEVOTION
  69. 69LXVII. LORNA STILL IS LORNA
  70. 70LXVIII. JOHN IS JOHN NO LONGER
  71. 71LXIX. NOT TO BE PUT UP WITH
  72. 72LXX. COMPELLED TO VOLUNTEER
  73. 73LXXI. A LONG ACCOUNT SETTLED
  74. 74LXXII. THE COUNSELLOR AND THE CARVER
  75. 75LXXIII. HOW TO GET OUT OF CHANCERY
  76. 76LXXIV. DRIVEN BEYOND ENDURANCE
  77. 77LXXV. LIFE AND LORNA COME AGAIN
  78. 78CHAPTER I
  79. 79CHAPTER II
  80. 80CHAPTER III
  81. 81CHAPTER IV
  82. 82CHAPTER V
  83. 83CHAPTER VI
  84. 84book-learning?'
  85. 85CHAPTER VII
  86. 86I wanted rest, and to see things truly.
  87. 87CHAPTER VIII
  88. 88CHAPTER IX
  89. 89CHAPTER X
  90. 90CHAPTER XI
  91. 91CHAPTER XII
  92. 92CHAPTER XIII
  93. 93CHAPTER XIV
  94. 94CHAPTER XV
  95. 95CHAPTER XVI
  96. 96I see of earth or heaven, without thinking of her?
  97. 97CHAPTER XVII
  98. 98CHAPTER XVIII
  99. 99I waited for her to speak again, because she had spoken so sadly that it took my breath away.
  100. 100CHAPTER XIX
  101. 101CHAPTER XX
  102. 102I cannot be quit of them.
  103. 103CHAPTER XXI
  104. 104CHAPTER XXII
  105. 105CHAPTER XXIII
  106. 106I know not, except from fear of witchcraft.
  107. 107CHAPTER XXIV
  108. 108CHAPTER XXV
  109. 109CHAPTER XXVI
  110. 110CHAPTER XXVII
  111. 111CHAPTER XXVIII
  112. 112CHAPTER XXIX
  113. 113CHAPTER XXX
  114. 114I should hope.'
  115. 115CHAPTER XXXI
  116. 116I meant to have shown no interest.
  117. 117CHAPTER XXXII
  118. 118CHAPTER XXXIII
  119. 119CHAPTER XXXIV
  120. 120CHAPTER XXXV
  121. 121I shall expect her to beg mine.'
  122. 122CHAPTER XXXVI
  123. 123I would strike so small a man.
  124. 124CHAPTER XXXVII
  125. 125CHAPTER XXXVIII
  126. 126CHAPTER XXXIX
  127. 127CHAPTER XL
  128. 128I used the deep voice from my chest):
  129. 129CHAPTER XLI
  130. 130CHAPTER XLII
  131. 131CHAPTER XLIII
  132. 132I were a slave to a beautiful bell,--
  133. 133CHAPTER XLIV
  134. 134CHAPTER XLV
  135. 135CHAPTER XLVI
  136. 136CHAPTER XLVII
  137. 137CHAPTER XLVIII
  138. 138CHAPTER XLIX
  139. 139CHAPTER L
  140. 140CHAPTER LI
  141. 141I; and the devil take the Counsellor.'
  142. 142CHAPTER LII
  143. 143CHAPTER LIII
  144. 144CHAPTER LIV
  145. 145CHAPTER LV
  146. 146I know not what your name is.'
  147. 147CHAPTER LVI
  148. 148I have desired to see him, oh many, yes, many times.'
  149. 149CHAPTER LVII
  150. 150I trow, and perhaps not know the difference.'
  151. 151I do not love her.'
  152. 152CHAPTER LVIII
  153. 153CHAPTER LIX
  154. 154CHAPTER LX
  155. 155CHAPTER LXI
  156. 156CHAPTER LXII
  157. 157CHAPTER LXIII
  158. 158CHAPTER LXIV
  159. 159CHAPTER LXV
  160. 160I die together.'
  161. 161CHAPTER LXVI
  162. 162CHAPTER LXVII
  163. 163CHAPTER LXVIII
  164. 164CHAPTER LXIX
  165. 165CHAPTER LXX
  166. 166CHAPTER LXXI
  167. 167CHAPTER LXXII
  168. 168I am for space, I will glance at this transaction.
  169. 169CHAPTER LXXIII
  170. 170CHAPTER LXXIV
  171. 171I knew that the man was Carver Doone.
  172. 172CHAPTER LXXV

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