Red leatherette binding with gilt title and decoration on the spine.

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Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor. In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC’s survey The Big Read.

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Blackmore, often referred to as the “Last Victorian”, was a pioneer of the movement in fiction that continued with Robert Louis Stevenson and others. He has been described as “proud, shy, reticent, strong-willed, sweet-tempered, and self-centered.” Apart from his novel Lorna Doone, which has enjoyed continuing popularity, his work has gone out of print.