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First published in 1869, Lorna Doone is the story of John Ridd, a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon.... read more
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- Lorna Doone: Add a description of this character.
- John Fry
- Annie
- Ruth Huckaback
- John Ridd
- Tom Faggus
- Lizzie
- Gwenny
- Carver Doone
- Jeremy Stickles
- Doones
- Betty Muxworthy
- Winnie
- Jack
- Dulverton
- Ensor Doone
- Master Ridd
- Glen Doone
- Cousin Ridd
- Benita
- Charlie
- Peggy
- Parson Bowden
- Barrows
- Eliza
- Nicholas Snowe
- Uncle Ben
- Sally
- Master Huckaback
- Mother Melldrum
- Bill Dadds
- Jeffreys
- Porlock
- Jeremy Sticldes
- Lorna Dugal
- Jan Ridd
- Lady Lorna
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IF anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply, I, John Ridd, of the parish of Oare, in the county of Somerset, yeoman and church warden, have seen and had a share in some doings of this neighbourhood, which I will try to set down in order, God sparing my life and memory.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 166 of 196 in BBC 'Big Read' Top 200 Novels, 2003. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The World According to Garp, and followed by Girls Out Late.
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This book is in Readers Digest Press. (edition-based publisher list)
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Page Count: 389
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- BBC's Big Read (April 2003, #166)
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- Dewey: 823.8
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › 19th Century
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Short Stories
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
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