Name Index

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R D Blackmore and "Lorna Doone"

Trans. Devon Assoc., vol. 35 (1903), pp. 239-250.

by

J.R. Chanter

Prepared by Michael Steer

The preface of Blackmore's famous book asserts that the work is a romance not a historical novel, since the author neither "dares, nor desires, to claim for it the dignity or cumber it with the difficulty of an historical novel." It combines elements of traditional romance, of Sir Walter Scott's historical novel tradition, of the pastoral tradition, of traditional Victorian values, and of the contemporary sensation novel trend. The basis for Blackmore's historical understanding is Macaulay's History of England and its analysis of the Monmouth rebellion. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the New York Public Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.