Published in 1869, Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is Richard Doddridge Blackmore’s beloved historical romance — the story of John Ridd, a yeoman farmer of Exmoor in the seventeenth century, who falls in love with Lorna, a girl held captive by the outlaw Doone clan. Blackmore’s vivid evocation of the Somerset and Devon moorland gave Victorian readers a powerfully atmospheric new setting for romantic adventure.
The novel became one of the great popular successes of the Victorian era and remains widely read today. Download this free EPUB from Better Gutenberg for the complete, unabridged text.