5/22/2023 0 Comments Rd blackmore novelJohn Ridd helps Lorna escape to his family's farm, Plover's Barrows. Sir Ensor dies, and Carver becomes lord of the Doones. 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 (in West Country dialect, pronounced "Jan") 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. Plot Summary:The book is set in the 17th century in the Badgworthy Water region of Exmoor in Devon and Somerset, England. In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor. Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869.
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