Lorna Doone Resources & Further Study

This Study Guide consists of approximately 15 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Lorna Doone.

Lorna Doone Resources & Further Study

This Study Guide consists of approximately 15 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Lorna Doone.
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Baker, Ernest A. The History of the English Novel. Vol. 9, The Day Before Yesterday. 1936. Reprint. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1951. Baker believes that Blackmore wasted his talents on romances and that he was capable of writing better novels.

Burns, Quincy Guy. Richard Doddridge Blackmore: His Life & Novels. 1930.

Reprint. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1973. One of the few books devoted to Blackmore, this biography is particularly good on his relationship to other Victorian novelists and their works.

Ellis, S. M. Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu, and Others. 1931. Reprint. London: Constable, 1951. This book devotes a chapter to Blackmore. Ellis believes that all of Blackmore's novels are excellent.

Elwin, Malcolm. Victorian Wallflowers: A Panoramic Survey of the Literary Periodicals. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1966. Elwin says that Blackmore had read a story called The Doones of Exmoor" in the Leisure Hour, a popular magazine of the day, and based...

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