3. RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE (7 JUNE 1825 – 20 JANUARY 1900), REFERRED TO
MOST COMMONLY AS R. D. BLACKMORE, WAS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ENGLISH
NOVELISTS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
4. MAIN CHARACTERS:
JOHN RIDD
LORNA DOONE
SECONDARY CHARACTERS:
JOHN FRY (WORKER IN FARM)
LIZZIE (JOHN’S SISTER)
ANNIE (JOHN’S SISTER)
GWENNY (LORNA’S SERVANT)
TOM FAGGUS
CARVER DOONE
JEREMY STICKLES
5. INTRODUCTION:
THE DOONES ARE HATED AND FEARED ALL OVER EXMOOR.
WHEN THEY RIDE OUT FROM DOONE VALLEY TO STEAL AND ROB FROM
THE LOCAL FARMS, NO ONE CAN STOP THEM. THEY ARE WILD, STRONG
MEN, AND ANYONE WHO TRIES TO FIGHT THEM WILL SOON BE
MURDERED. LIKE JOHN RIDD’S FATHER, SHOT DOWN WHILE RIDING
HOME FROM MARKET. AND IN THESE LAWLESS DAYS ONLY THE KING’S
SOLDIERS CAN PUNISH THE DOONES, BUT THE KING IS FAR AWAY IN
LONDON AND HAS TROUBLES OF HIS OWN.
AS JOHN GROWS UP, HE WORKS HARD ON THE FARM AND DREAMS OF
REVENGE FOR HIS FATHER’S DEATH. BUT ONE DAY HE MEETS LORNA
DOONE. SHE IS THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS – GENTLE, BEAUTIFUL,
LOVING – AND JOHN LOSES HIS HEART TO HER.
BUT HOW CAN HE MARRY A GIRL FROM THE HATED DOONE FAMILY?
AND THEN THERE IS CARVER DOONE, THE MOST EVIL AND DANGEROUS
OF ALL THE DOONES, WHO PLANS TO MARRY LORNA HIMSELF…
6. THE PLOT:
JOHN 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. HE FALLS HOPELESSLY IN LOVE WITH LORNA, THE
GRANDDAUGHTER OF SIR ENSOR DOONE (LORD OF THE DOONES), SIR
ENSOR DIES, AND CARVER BECOMES LORD OF THE DOONES. JOHN
PICKED UP LORNA AND HER SERVANT. BUT THIS PLEASURE WASN'T
LONG, THE AUTHORITIES TOOK LORNA AWAY BECAUSE SHE HADN’T 21
YEARS OLD AND SHE NEEDED TO LIVE WITH HER UNCLE. LATER THEY
LEARNED THAT LORNA WAS FROM VERY RICH AND FAMOUS FAMILY AND
SHE COULDN’T MARRY JOHN, WHO WAS A SIMPLE FARMER. JOHN
CONTINUED FIGHTING WITH DOONES AND IN THE END DOONES WERE
DEFEATED. LORNA WAS WOUNDED IN TIME OF WEDDING BUT RUTH
SAVED HER LIFE AND THE STORY HAD HAPPY END AND EVERYBODY WAS
HAPPY.
7. CONCLUSION:
I READ THIS BOOK WITH A PLEASURE AND I LIKED
IT. I LIKED HOW THE AUTHOR DESCRIBED THE
CHARACTERS AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THEM. I
THINK THAT JOHN RIDD IS VERY STRONG
CHARACTER AND HE ACHIEVES EVERYTHING WHAT
HE WANTS. THEIR LOVE IS SO PURE AND THEY
MEET MANY TROUBLES AND THEY FIGHT AGAINST
THEM. I THINK THAT THEY ARE VERY GOOD
EXAMPLE FOR US THAT WE NEED TO FIGHT IN THIS
LIVE.
