Lorna Doone (Classics)

By R. D. Blackmore

Subjects: Fiction, war & military, Juvenile literature, Readers, England, fiction, Fict, Fiction, general, Murder victims' families, Scotland, fiction, Kidnapping victims, Outlaws, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, romance, historical, Girls, fiction, Great britain, history, stuarts, 1603-1714, fiction, Robbers and outlaws, Monmouth's Rebellion, 1685, Crime, fiction, Monmouth's rebellion, 1685, Fiction, Great britain, fiction, Children's fiction, Monmouth's Rebellion (1685) fast (OCoLC)fst01025515, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, romance, general, English literature, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Juvenile fiction, Criminals, fiction, History, Robbers and outlaws, fiction, Adventure and adventurers

Description: This work is called a 'romance,' because the incidents, characters, time, and scenery, are alike romantic. And in shaping this old tale, the Writer neither dares, nor desires, to claim for it the dignity or cumber it with the difficulty of an historic novel.