Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor

by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

"Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor" by R. D. Blackmore is a novel published in 1869. Set in seventeenth-century Devon and Somerset, it tells the story of John Ridd, a farmer whose father was murdered by the outlaw Doone clan. When John falls in love with Lorna, who appears to be a Doone, he faces an impossible choice between vengeance and devotion. Their romance unfolds against political upheaval and dangerous secrets about Lorna's true identity, building toward a dramatic confrontation.