Lorna Doone (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: R. D. Blackmore
- First Published: 1869
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: Late seventeenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nature, England or English people, Honesty, Seventeenth century, Cruelty, Adventure, Espionage or spies, Outlaws, Nostalgia
- Locales: England
Places Discussed
*Exmoor. Moorland in southern England overlapping the counties of Somerset and Devon. The flat sweep of moorland south of Plover’s Barrows farm has bogs here and there with brushy areas around them. Deep ravines run inland from the sea. The fertile valleys are either wooded or farmed.
Exmoor has changed little since the time in which Lorna Doone is set. From his childhood home in nearby Newton, Glamorganshire, R. D. Blackmore could see the heights of Exmoor. The roads across the moors are often deep in mud and prone to being covered with dense...
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