Lorna Doone

Literature & Fiction

Blackmore, R.D.

Contemporary

Puffin

"Lorna Doone" is the perenially popular story of how John Ridd, a Devon farmer, falls in love with the aristocratic Lorna Doone, kidnapped as a child by the outlaw Doones of Exmoor. Since it was first published in 1869, the novel has remained constantly in print. This text of "Lorna Doone" is accompanied by an examination of the novel in its different contexts as a romance, as an historical novel set at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion in the 17th century, and as a new development in the pastoral tradition. The editor discusses Victorian social values and the image of a "manly" hero whose inward doubts prompt him constantly to prove his own masculinity to himself. Sally Shuttleworth is the author of "George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Science" and co-editor with John Christie of "Transfigurations - Essays on Science and Literature 1700-1900".

Children's Books

Puffin Classic

A beautiful young girl is rescued from her outlaw family by the brave John Ridd

Lorna Doone (Puffin Classics)

Teen & Young Adult

This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.

Lorna Doone (Penguin Popular Classics)

Penguin Books, Ltd.

First published in 1869, Lorna Doone is the story of John Ridd, a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon. Seized by curiosity and a sense of adventure, he makes his way to the valley of the Doones, where he is discovered by the beautiful Lorna. In time their childish fantasies blossom into mature love—a bond that will inspire John to rescue his beloved from the ravages of a stormy winter, rekindling a conflict with his archrival, Carver Doone, that climaxes in heartrending violence. Beloved for its portrait of star-crossed lovers and its surpassing descriptions of the English countryside, Lorna Doone is R. D. Blackmore’s enduring masterpiece. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Lorna Doone (Penguin Classics)

United States

Penguin Classics

Lorna Doone relays the perenially popular story of John Ridd and his love for the beautiful and aristocratic Lorna Doone who was kidnapped as a child by an outlaw family. This version remains the only critical edition of a work which, since 1869, has never gone out of print.

Lorna Doone (The ^AWorld's Classics)

British & Irish

Oxford University Press

Lorna Doone is the story of how John Ridd, an unsophisticated farmer, falls in love with the beautiful and aristocratic Lorna Doone, kidnapped as a child by the outlaw Doones on Exmoor. First published in 1869, Lorna Doone was praised by Thomas Hardy, R. L. Stevenson, and Gerard Manley Hopkins in the nineteenth century and has remained constantly in print. The novel is multi-faceted: it is a romance, a historical novel set at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion in the seventeenth century, and a new development in the pastoral tradition. Underneath an ostensibly idyllic evocation of rural bliss and a tale of love and high adventure lies a solid defence of Victorian social values, and, in John Ridd's often humorous and self-deprecating narration, a problematic image of a 'manly' hero whose inward doubt prompts him constantly to prove his own masculinity to himself.

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor (Oxford World's Classics)

Literary

A beautiful young girl is rescued from her outlaw family by the brave John Ridd.

Lorna Doone (Oxford Bookworms Library, Level 4)

Reference

Hedge, Tricia

Basset, Jennifer

English as a Second Language

Oxford Bookworms 4. Lorna Doone MP3 Pack

Oxford University Press España, S.A.

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension.Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension.Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

Oxford Bookworms Library: Lorna Doone: Level 4: 1400-Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms ELT)

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Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone (Puffin Classics)

Lorna Doone (Penguin Popular Classics)

Lorna Doone (Penguin Classics)

Lorna Doone (The ^AWorld's Classics)

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor (Oxford World's Classics)

Lorna Doone (Oxford Bookworms Library, Level 4)

Oxford Bookworms 4. Lorna Doone MP3 Pack

Oxford Bookworms Library: Lorna Doone: Level 4: 1400-Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms ELT)