Blackmore, R. D.; Lorna Doone Volumes 1 & 2
NEW YORK, c1900 Published by RAND, MCNALLY & CO. Binding: HARD BACK BEIGE Size: 6X8 634 Pages Overall Condition is: GOOD CIRCA 1900. good covers and spines. gold gilt lettering to front cover and spine. very clean endpapers. A Two Volume set. Volume 1 has 318 pages and Volume 2 has 316 pages. both volumes are undated. slight deckeling to edges of both volumes. pages are very clean. black and white photographic illustrations.Vol 2 has a soiled green dust jacket, it is plain except on the spine where it has the title 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.