Lorna Doone | Setting
Exmoor is a large region of moorland, mountains, and forests shared by Devonshire and Somersetshire in southwestern England. The best-selling Lorna Doone gave the Exmoor region a new source of income—tourists. Some complained that the mountains and forests of the region were not as spectacular as Blackmore had led them to believe, but most loved the area. The region remains popular with tourists. Blackmore set Lorna Doone in the heightened Exmoor of his imagination, a fitting place for giants such as John Ridd and Carver Doone.
The novel begins on November 29,...
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