Lorna Doone (Longman Classics Series)

by D . K . Swan (Editor), R.D.Blackmore (Author), Michael West (Editor), Dorothee Anderson (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $5.06

  This is a Stage 4 title in a series which contains some of the best classic stories retold in English. The series is graded in four stages: Stage 1 - 500-word vocabulary, Stage 2 - 750, Stage 3 - 1300, Stage 4 - 1800. Each book includes an introduction to the author and story, a glossary of new words and exercise material (comprehension and discussion questions). The series should also be of interest to children and to readers who have learning difficulties.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  This is the only critical edition of this perennially popular story. Sally Shuttleworth's introduction finds, beneath the idyllic evocation of rural bliss and a tale of love and high adventure, a startling sub-text which rigidly defends Victorian values, and portrays a 'manly' hero constantly having to prove his masculinity to himself.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $4.20

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $14.14

  First published in 1869, Lorna Doone is the story of John Ridd, a farmer who finds love amid the religious and social turmoil of seventeenth-century England. He is just a boy when his father is slain by the Doones, a lawless clan inhabiting wild Exmoor on the border of Somerset and Devon. Seized by curiosity and a sense of adventure, he makes his way to the valley of the Doones, where he is discovered by the beautiful Lorna. In time their childish fantasies blossom into mature love - a bond that will inspire John to rescue his beloved from the ravages of a stormy winter, rekindling a conflict with his archrival, Carver Doone, that climaxes in heartrending violence. Beloved for its portrait of star-crossed lovers and its surpassing descriptions of the English countryside, Lorna Doone is R.D. Blackmore's enduring masterpiece.