Dec 29, 2009

Lorna Doone | For Further Reference

Baker, Ernest A. The History of the English Novel. Vol. 9, The Day Before Yesterday. 1936. Reprint. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1951. Baker believes that Blackmore wasted his talents on romances and that he was capable of writing better novels.

Burns, Quincy Guy. Richard Doddridge Blackmore: His Life & Novels. 1930. Reprint. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1973. One of the few books devoted to Blackmore, this biography is particularly good on his relationship to other Victorian novelists and their works.

Ellis, S. M. Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu, and...