Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor
Richard Doddridge BLACKMORE (1825 - 1900)
"If
anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply" ... thus opens Lorna
Doone, one of the best love stories ever written. The novel has inspired
at least ten movies and mini-series. "John (in West Country dialect
this is pronounced Jan) Ridd is the son of a respectable farmer who was
murdered in cold blood by a member of the notorious Doone clan, a
once-noble family now living in the isolated Doone Valley. Battling his
desire for revenge, John also grows into a respectable farmer and
continues to take good care of his mother and two sisters. He falls
hopelessly in love with Lorna, a girl he meets quite by accident, who
turns out to be not only the granddaughter of Sir Ensor Doone (lord of
the Doones), but destined to marry (against her will) the impetuous,
menacing, and now jealous heir of the Doone Valley, Carver Doone. Carver
will let nothing get in the way of his marriage to Lorna, which he
plans to force upon her once Sir Ensor dies and he comes into his
inheritance". Summary from Wikipedia, adapted by Stav Nisser.
Genre(s): Romance
Erema
Richard Doddridge BLACKMORE (1825 - 1900)
A
few years before the great Civil War, a young English woman and her
father, having left the security of their wagon train, are lost in the
unforgiving Californian desert, looking in vain for the landmark that
marks the short-cut across those last western mountains which would lead
them to the home of an old friend. George Castlewood gives all the
water and rations he has to his daughter, Erema, and dies just a short
distance from help. Rescued by kind Sampson “Uncle Sam” Gundry, the
family friend they had been seeking, Erema lives for a time at his saw
mill. One day, one Mr. Goad, a bounty-hunter from England, arrives at
the mill, offering $10,000 for proof of Lord Castlewood’s death and
custody of his young daughter. Lord Castlewood had been accused of the
crime of patricide 15 years earlier, escaped from jail and been on the
lam ever since. Erema, believing her father’s innocence and determined
to clear his good name, returns to England to discover the long-lost
secrets of her family and the cloudy circumstances of the murder of her
grandfather. Told by Erema herself, this is a grand story of mystery and
the coming of age of an independent and courageous woman. Set in
Victorian England and the throes of the Civil War, the story is replete
with twists and turns of plot in every chapter.(Summary by Linda Dodge)
Genre(s): General Fiction
Clara Vaughan, Vol I.
Richard Doddridge BLACKMORE (1825 - 1900)
CLARA
VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D.
Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of
her father’s murder—a crime that occurred when she was only 10 years of
age. The book gives an account of Clara’s adventures, romances, and
encounters with many eccentric characters, when, years later, she
devotes herself to unraveling the mystery. As Clara states at the
beginning of Chapter II, “How that deed was done, I learned at once, and
will tell. By whom and why it was done, I have given my life to learn.”
R. D. Blackmore, undoubtedly better known for his later novel LORNA
DOONE, published this book anonymously in 1864. (Summary by lubee930)
Clara Vaughan, Vol. II
Richard Doddridge BLACKMORE (1825 - 1900)
CLARA
VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D.
Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of
her father’s murder—a crime that occurred when she was only 10 years of
age. Volume II of the trilogy continues the account of Clara’s
adventures, romances, and encounters with many eccentric characters,
when, years later, she devotes herself to unraveling the mystery. As
Clara explains in an early chapter: “How that deed was done, I learned
at once, and will tell. By whom and why it was done, I have given my
life to learn.” R. D. Blackmore, undoubtedly better known for his later
novel LORNA DOONE, published this book anonymously in 1864. - Summary by
lubee930
Genre(s): Detective Fiction
Clara Vaughan, Vol. III
Richard Doddridge BLACKMORE (1825 - 1900)
CLARA
VAUGHAN, the young heroine, narrator, and namesake for R. D.
Blackmore’s early detective novel, is determined to solve the mystery of
her father’s murder—a crime that occurred when she was only 10 years of
age. The third volume of the trilogy concludes the account of Clara’s
adventures, romances, and encounters with many eccentric characters
while she finally unravels the mystery. As Clara explains to the reader
in an early chapter: “How that deed was done, I learned at once, and
will tell. By whom and why it was done, I have given my life to learn.”
R. D. Blackmore, undoubtedly better known for his later novel Lorna
Doone, published this book anonymously in 1864. - Summary by lubee930
Genre(s): Detective Fiction
Cradock Nowell Vol. 1
Richard Doddridge BLACKMORE (1825 - 1900)
Cradock
Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D.
Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it
follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who is thrown out of his family
home by his father following the suspicious death of Cradock's twin
brother Clayton. It was Blackmore's second novel, and the novel he wrote
prior to his most famous work Lorna Doone. ( Wikipedia)
*Warning:
Some listeners may be offended by some of the language. Words that were
considered acceptable in the nineteenth century are not always
politically correct today. It is Librivox policy to leave the original
wording as the author intended.
Cradock Nowell Vol. 2
Richard Doddridge BLACKMORE (1825 - 1900)
Cradock
Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D.
Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it
follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who, at the end of Volume 1, is
thrown out of his family home by his father following the suspicious
death of Cradock's twin brother Clayton. It was Blackmore's second
novel, and the novel he wrote prior to his most famous work Lorna Doone.
( Wikipedia)
*Warning: Some listeners may be offended by some of the
language. Words that were considered acceptable in the nineteenth
century are not always politically correct today. It is LibriVox policy
to leave the original wording as the author intended. - Summary by Lynne
Thompson
Cradock Nowell Vol. 3
Richard Doddridge BLACKMORE (1825 - 1900)
Cradock
Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D.
Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it
follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who, at the end of Volume 1, is
thrown out of his family home and disowned by his father following the
suspicious death of Cradock's twin brother Clayton, their father's
favorite. In Volume 2, the story picks up with those left behind at
Nowelhurst and the question of who is now heir apparent to the Nowell
fortune. Meanwhile, Cradock discovers life independent of the Nowell
name and fortune is not easy. At the end of volume 2, we leave Cradock
fighting for his life and his beloved Amy rushing to be with him. It was
Blackmore's second novel, and the novel he wrote prior to his most
famous work Lorna Doone.
*Warning: Some listeners may be offended
by some of the language. Words that were considered acceptable in the
nineteenth century are not always politically correct today. It is
Librivox policy to leave the original wording as the author intended. -
Summary by Lynne Thompson
Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction, Family Life, Literary Fiction