Lorna Doone

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Lorna Doone
Cover of an illustrated 1893 edition of Lorna Doone
1893 edition
AuthorR D Blackmore
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
Published1869
PublisherSampson Low of publisher Son, & Marston
Media typePrint

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel written by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. The novel was published in 1869. The story begins in late 17th century in the United Kingdom towns of Devon and Somerset. The story shows the romance of a group of people living around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor. A 2003 BBC's survey The Big Read selected the novel as one of the Top 200 Books ever published.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. "The Big Read - Top 200 Books". BBC. 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2019-03-13.

Other websites[change | change source]

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor at Project Gutenberg Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor at Project Gutenberg