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Lorna Doone
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What an awesome tale. Written in the 19th century, but telling a tale about the late 1600s during the times of Charles II and James II. Our hero, John Ridd is a simple, albeit wise and honorable farmer who as a young lad meets Lorna Doone of the dreaded, evil outlaw family of higher born Doones, and it's love at first sight.
There are lots of ups and downs and surprises, along with the author's gorgeous prose describing the english countryside and farmlife. You have to pay attention though, as none of the characters are wasted. What might seem as inconsequential events and characters earlier in the story are brought back in full circle to the tale, along with a great mystery about Lorna's past as the author slowly peels out the many layers of his story.
Highly highly recommended. If you enjoy Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Bronte or Dickens this will probably be right up your alley.
There are lots of ups and downs and surprises, along with the author's gorgeous prose describing the english countryside and farmlife. You have to pay attention though, as none of the characters are wasted. What might seem as inconsequential events and characters earlier in the story are brought back in full circle to the tale, along with a great mystery about Lorna's past as the author slowly peels out the many layers of his story.
Highly highly recommended. If you enjoy Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Bronte or Dickens this will probably be right up your alley.
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Started Reading
January 1, 2007
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Finished Reading
August 20, 2008
– Shelved
August 20, 2008
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19c-lit
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Feb 13, 2014 08:42AM
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That is a nice. Weird when these older reviews pop up in my feeds.
One of our mutual GR friends *liked* it, and the rest is history...:)
Misfit wrote: "That is a nice. Weird when these older reviews pop up in my feeds."
It's got today's date for a edit date.
It's got today's date for a edit date.
I fixed a small typo.
I liked this a lot. I imagine it can be found free now at Project G.
It is on Gutenberg; I just downloaded yesterday thanks to this review. Hopefully it won't go into my Kindle black hole category. It looks good but I have several other books that need to be read before it!
From what I can recall it was a slow start getting used to his prose, so a good idea to start it when the thinking cap is on :)
I've found that's the case with a lot of 19th century literature. Sometimes it's hard to get past the language usage barrier and lose yourself in the story.
Yep. But usually so worthwhile in the end.
Hello I have just started this up to chapter 10 and I admit to finding the language archaic. I will press on with it as it is a read a long with some friends in my GR group and also because your review has me ever hopeful for something special. (eventually) :)
Tracey wrote: "Hello I have just started this up to chapter 10 and I admit to finding the language archaic. I will press on with it as it is a read a long with some friends in my GR group and also because your re..."Been a few years, but I did struggle with the language at the first until I finally got with the flow of it and the story.
*sigh* I love your review, this is one of my all-time favorite books, I've lost count of how many times I've read it.
Tweety wrote: "*sigh* I love your review, this is one of my all-time favorite books, I've lost count of how many times I've read it."Thanks, this is a very old review. I need to read this again.
Excellent review. I read this in college and as I loved all things Dickens ( an excellent comparison), I devoured this book. An English major and retired English high school teacher I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good love story.
Thomas wrote: "Excellent review. I read this in college and as I loved all things Dickens ( an excellent comparison), I devoured this book. An English major and retired English high school teacher I recommend thi..."Thanks for the input. It's been so long since I read this and wrote the review, I almost need to start again :)
