The following year it was republished in an inexpensive one-volume edition and became a huge critical and financial success. In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read.īlackmore experienced difficulty in finding a publisher, and the novel was first published anonymously in 1869, in a limited three-volume edition of just 500 copies, of which only 300 sold. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor, is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869. Info: This Classic Novel is beautifully bound and in immaculate condition it would be a great addition to the well stocked study or library. Printed By: RR Donnelley & Sons Company USA. Quarter Bound In Crinkled Black Faux Leather, With A Blue Cloth Decorated Front Panel & Gilt Titles. Publisher: Readers Digest Association South Africa 1995.įormat: Hardcover Book, no dust jacket. Series Edition: The World's Best Reading. Title: Lorna Doone by R D Blackmore Hardcover Illustrated Readers Digest Book.Įdition: Readers Digest 1995, Complete Text Edition.
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