"Lorna Doone" is the perenially popular story of how John Ridd, a Devon farmer, falls in love with the aristocratic Lorna Doone, kidnapped as a child by the outlaw Doones of Exmoor. Since it was first published in 1869, the novel has remained constantly in print. This text of "Lorna Doone" is accompanied by an examination of the novel in its different contexts as a romance, as an historical novel set at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion in the 17th century, and as a new development in the pastoral tradition. The editor ...
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"Lorna Doone" is the perenially popular story of how John Ridd, a Devon farmer, falls in love with the aristocratic Lorna Doone, kidnapped as a child by the outlaw Doones of Exmoor. Since it was first published in 1869, the novel has remained constantly in print. This text of "Lorna Doone" is accompanied by an examination of the novel in its different contexts as a romance, as an historical novel set at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion in the 17th century, and as a new development in the pastoral tradition. The editor discusses Victorian social values and the image of a "manly" hero whose inward doubts prompt him constantly to prove his own masculinity to himself. Sally Shuttleworth is the author of "George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Science" and co-editor with John Christie of "Transfigurations - Essays on Science and Literature 1700-1900".
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
I had borrowed this book from the local library, and it became my most favorate upon the first reading. I knew it would be a must to have forever, and I was fortunate enough to find the same edition at Alibris that I had read initially, an illustrated classic. The authors renditioning of the colloquial expressions was challenging, but added to the overall enjoyment. I have additionally rented, then bought the DVD of the same title, through Alibris.
Francesca
Sep 23, 2007
That which endures
Put yourself into a few dark winter nights of Victorian England. No domestic entertainment center, no films or TV or radio. You could go to the music hall or the concert hall or a play. But how often? Besides, it might be snowing. So you read books--to yourself or out loud to the family. And the longer and more discursive the book, the longer it would last and the more you liked it. If it went from one pitch of adventure to another, so much the better. And if you fell in love with the characters, who wanted to leave the fireside? Lorna Doone is that kind of book--a classic which has probably never been out of print. The yeoman hero, John Ridd, falls in love early on with a noblewoman captured by brigands. At their first encounter, she is an enchanting child, but eventually he is embroiled in an attempted rescue of this--of course--exqusitely beautiful young woman. Stay with it, and you will love the good and hiss the bad. A supporting cast of reformed highwayman, mining entrepreneur, Welsh servingmaid, and various other persons of interest will fill a lovely, leisurely few weeks of time that could hardly be better spent.
