Lorna Doone, a romance of Exmoor door R. D. Blackmore

This is my bookreport for the subject English. I hope you will enjoy it!

1. The title of the book is Lorna Doone, that’s the name of a girl from the Doone family
2. The genre is history. The story is playing about 1670. In the southwest of England.
3. The Author of the book is R.D. Blackmore. He was born in Berkshire, England on 7th June 1825. He studied at the Oxford University. He died on 20th January 1900. Other books from R.D. Blackmore are: Clara Vaughan (1864), Craddock Newell (1866), The Maid of Sker (1872) and Christowell (1882). The most famous book of R.D. Blackmore is Lorna Doone (1869). The books are very popular stories in England. There are many films of his stories.
4. The story begins at Exmoor in the southwest of England and later in London. The time is 1673 to 1686
5. John Ridd is the point of view. We see all the events out of his eyes.
6. The major characters are: John Ridd a strong young man and one of the enemies of the Doones and Lorna Doone she fell in love with John Ridd and she was the daughter of robbers (she think).
7. The minor characters are: Mrs. Ridd, Jan Fry, Annie Ridd, Tom Faggus, Sir Ensor Doone, Carver Doone, Gwenny, Jeremy Stickles, Judge Jeffers, Lord Brandir, King James and Queen Mary.
8. An important fact in the whole story is the love and friendship from Lorna Doone and John Ridd. It’s an impossible love, but they want love eachather so much. And the other important fact is the Doones. They are a gang of Rubbers and they terrorize the country. Everybody hates the Doones. The Doones are a family who lost their land in Scotland.

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Summary

When he was young John Ridd heard from a friend of the family that his father was dead. The Doones murdered him. John Ridd was twelve years old and he must works at the farm of his parents. On a day he was riding through the nature of Exmoor, and he meets a girl. Her name was Lorna. He fell in love and he can’t get Lorna Doone out of his head. They cannot see eachather again because Lorna was one of the Doones. He saw Lorna again, and then he gets a message from the King. He wants information about the Doone family because they are murderers. After two months in London, staying with the King, he came back home with the information that the soldiers of the King will murder the Doones. He must save Lorna! He goes to the Doone valley and asks the father of Lorna for Lorna’s hand. It was good. Lorna goes with John to his farm and there they find a save place to stay away from the Doones. The King sends some soldiers to Exmoor. A few soldiers were staying in our house. The doones came back to get Lorna, but
the soldiers defend them well, and the Doones moved away. Then John heard the truth about Lorna. Lorna is not family of the Doones, the robbers, but from a rich family with lots of land in Scotland. She escaped from Exmoor and she was staying with a rich Uncle. The King’s soldiers were going to take the Doones to the judges. Then King Charles died; Prince James was the next king. Many people don’t like him. Lorna was in London. Soldiers said that Lorna was famous now. John was going to London because he wants to see Lorna. That evening there was three men who want to steel the money from Lorna’s rich family. John saw it and save the Uncle of Lorna from dead. The next morning John became Lord because he saves the Uncle his life. Back in Exmoor John make a plan, he promise the Doones gold in the mountains far away, they go away, and John and his man burn the village of the Doones simply flat. He did it and the Doones were murdered but only Carver Doone ran away from the battle. He died in a marsh.

10. I’d like the book very much because it’s very exciting. I normally like historic books and this is one of them. I read this book easily. There were no difficult words. You can learn about living in England about 1670. I like the part with the burning of Doone village the most. That was very exciting. The message of this book is that, if you love someone very special, you must go for her/him. That’s a good message but sometimes it’s very difficult to do that. Like John. Yes, I recommend this book to boys from 10 to 12. It’s easy enough for them.

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