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. Battling his desire for revenge, John also grows into a respectable farmer and continues to take good care of his mother and two sisters.
"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.
The novel has inspired at least ten movies and mini-series. thus opens Lorna Doone, one of the best love stories ever written. "If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply". LibriVox recording of Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor, by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
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