![]() But they are a branch of a noble family, and between initial respect for their pedigree, pity for their misfortunes, and later on, sheer terror of their ruthless thievery, the Doones have become an established fact on Exmoor. ![]() ![]() The Doone family is a notorious family of outlaws. Lorna Doone’s main character is a hearty English farmer, John Ridd by name, who writes the book himself to vindicate the character of his parish-or something like that-and as the word Romance in the title would suggest (also the obvious fact that Lorna, if a name at all-I did have my doubts at the beginning-is clearly a girls’ name), the plot centers around his love for one Lorna Doone. Jump to the bottom if you just want the brief conclusion, or read on for all the details! I doubt it would hold the interest of a younger reader. It’s also a fairly slow-paced book, with a plot that only has rare cliff-hanger moments. Lorna Doone is, I think, about the length of Dicken’s David Copperfield or Our Mutual Friend a longish book, but not to be compared to War and Peace or The Count of Monte Cristo. Set in the late seventeenth century and early eighteenth, in wild, hilly Exmoor, England (not that I know anything about Exmoor, but that’s the impression I got), Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor weaves together history, legend, and fiction. ![]()
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