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Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor — R. D. Blackmore

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor

R. D. Blackmore

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 643 pages

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a historical novel by R. D. Blackmore, set in 17th-century England. It tells of love and conflict between a young farmer and a woman from a feared outlaw family, amid the wild beauty of Exmoor. It is worth listening to for its vivid rural atmosphere and enduring romance.

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LORNA DOONE,
A Romance of Exmoor
by R. D. Blackmore
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PREFACE
PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION
PUBLISHERS' PREFACE
PREFACE BY MISS KATHARINE HILLARD
CHAPTER I -- ELEMENTS OF EDUCATION

CHAPTER II -- AN IMPORTANT ITEM
CHAPTER III -- THE WAR-PATH OF THE DOONES
CHAPTER IV -- A VERY RASH VISIT
CHAPTER V -- AN ILLEGAL SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER VI -- NECESSARY PRACTICE
CHAPTER VII -- HARD IT IS TO CLIMB
CHAPTER VIII -- A BOY AND A GIRL
CHAPTER IX -- THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME
CHAPTER X -- A BRAVE RESCUE AND A ROUGH RIDE
CHAPTER XI -- TOM DESERVES HIS SUPPER
CHAPTER XII -- A MAN JUSTLY POPULAR
CHAPTER XIII -- MASTER HUCKABACK COMES IN
CHAPTER XIV -- A MOTION WHICH ENDS IN A MULL
CHAPTER XV -- QUO WARRANTO
CHAPTER XVI -- LORNA GROWING FORMIDABLE
CHAPTER XVII -- JOHN IS BEWITCHED
CHAPTER
XVIII
--
WITCHERY
LEADS
TO
WITCHCRAFT
CHAPTER XIX -- ANOTHER DANGEROUS INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XX -- LORNA BEGINS HER STORY
CHAPTER XXI -- LORNA ENDS HER STORY
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII -- A ROYAL INVITATION
CHAPTER XXIV -- A SAFE PASS FOR KING'S
MESSENGER
CHAPTER XXV -- A GREAT MAN ATTENDS TO
BUSINESS
CHAPTER XXVI -- JOHN IS DRAINED AND CAST
ASIDE
CHAPTER XXVII -- HOME AGAIN AT LAST
CHAPTER XXVIII -- JOHN HAS HOPE OF LORNA
CHAPTER XXIX -- REAPING LEADS TO REVELLING
CHAPTER XXX -- ANNIE GETS THE BEST OF IT
CHAPTER XXXI -- JOHN FRY'S ERRAND
CHAPTER XXXII -- FEEDING OF THE PIGS
CHAPTER XXXIII -- AN EARLY MORNING CALL
CHAPTER XXXIV -- TWO NEGATIVES MAKE AN
AFFIRMATIVE
CHAPTER XXXV -- RUTH IS NOT LIKE LORNA

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Contents

  1. LORNA DOONE,
  2. A Romance of Exmoor
  3. PREFACE
  4. PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION
  5. PUBLISHERS' PREFACE
  6. PREFACE BY MISS KATHARINE HILLARD
  7. CHAPTER I
  8. CHAPTER II
  9. CHAPTER III
  10. CHAPTER IV
  11. CHAPTER V
  12. CHAPTER VI
  13. CHAPTER VII
  14. CHAPTER VIII
  15. CHAPTER IX
  16. CHAPTER X
  17. CHAPTER XI
  18. CHAPTER XII
  19. CHAPTER XIII
  20. CHAPTER XIV
  21. CHAPTER XV
  22. CHAPTER XVI
  23. CHAPTER XVII
  24. CHAPTER XVIII
  25. CHAPTER XIX
  26. CHAPTER XX
  27. CHAPTER XXI
  28. CHAPTER XXII
  29. CHAPTER XXIII
  30. CHAPTER XXIV

and 52 more chapters

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