R.D. Blackmore's 1869 novel Lorna Doone is summarized in three sentences: The novel tells the story of John Ridd, who falls in love with Lorna Doone as a child after encountering her in the valley where the once noble but now outlaw Doone family lives in isolation. Several obstacles stand in the way of John and Lorna's relationship, including John's desire for revenge against the Doones for killing his father and Lorna's status as the granddaughter of the Doone family's leader. The plot follows John and Lorna overcoming threats from the brutal Carver Doone and other complications to find a chance for happiness together.

1. NAME:- Pooja A. Bhuva
BATCH:- 2022 – 2024
PG ENROLLMENT NUMBER:-
4069206420220005
SUBJECT (PAPER):- History of
English Literature – From 1350 to
1900 (The Victorian Age)
TOPIC:- Lorna Doone by Blackmore

2. ● Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825 – 1900)
● English Victorian novelist
● He was educated at Blundell’s School,
Tiverton, and at Exeter College, Oxford
● He was a pioneer in the revival of romance
fiction in the late 19th century
● Clara Vaughan (1864) – First Novel
● Cradock Nowell (1866) – Second Novel
● Lorna Doone (1869) – Third Novel
● The Maid of Sker (1872) and Springhaven
(1887) to be his best books (Britannica)
R.D.BLACKMORE

3. • “Either love me not at all, or as I love
you, for ever.”
• Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
• Publication Date:- 1869
• Genre:- Romantic Novel
• Northern Devonshire and Somerset,
The
East Lyn Valley of Examoor, England
(goodreads)
LORNA DOoNE

4. • John Ridd •
Lorna Doone
• Sir Ensor Doone
• Carver Doone
• Lizzie
CharacterS
• Annie
• Tom Faggus
• Gwenny Carfax
• Ruth (Reuben
Huckaback ‘s
granddaughter

5. PLOT
• John is twelve years old when his father is attacked and
killed by a gang of Doones, a once noble family who fell
out of favour at court and fled to an isolated Exmoor
valley where they have since been leading wild and
lawless lives.
• Being a child, there is no immediate action John can
take, so he puts his desire for revenge aside and settles
back into life at Plover’s Barrows farm with his mother
and two younger sisters, Annie and Lizzie.

6. • At fourteen, John has his first encounter with the eight-
year-old Lorna after climbing a hill behind a steep waterfall
and unexpectedly finding himself in the Doone Valley.
• Several years later they meet again as adults and fall in
love, but there are many obstacles which must be
overcome before they can have any chance of happiness.
PLOT

7. PLOT
• First there are John’s own feelings towards the
Doones, and the fact that as granddaughter of Sir Ensor
Doone, head of the family, Lorna’s social status is much
higher than that of a humble farmer like John, To
complicate things further, the brutal and violent Carver
Doone intends to marry Lorna himself and will let
nothing stand in his way. (She Reads Novel)

8. • Hardy had read Lorna Doone in
1875 and wrote a letter to Blackmore,
mentioning “the kindred sentiment
between us in so many things”.
• If we Focus on other
information, This novel has 75
(LXXV) Chapters in Original
text.

9. WORK CITED
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Britannica, 2 Oct. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/facts/Richard-Doddridge-Blackmore. Accessed 2 October
2022.
👉 “Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore.” She Reads Novels, 27 Jan. 2016, shereadsnovels.com/2016/01/27/lorna-
doone-by-r-d-blackmore.
👉 “Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore.” Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore, www.gutenberg.org/files/17460/17460-
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👉 “R.D. Blackmore Quotes (Author of Lorna Doone).” R.D. Blackmore Quotes (Author of Lorna Doone),
www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/545254.R_D_Blackmore. Accessed 2 Oct. 2022.

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