![]() The following year it was republished in an inexpensive one-volume edition and became a huge critical and financial success. Illustrated By: Christopher Clark Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 528 ISBN: Unknown Blackmore experienced difficulty in finding a publisher, and the novel was first published anonymously in 1869, in a limited three-volume edition of just 500 copies, of which only 300 sold. He has been described as "proud, shy, reticent, strong-willed, sweet-tempered, and self-centred." Apart from his novel Lorna Doone, which has enjoyed continuing popularity, his work has gone out of print. Blackmore, often referred to as the "Last Victorian", was a pioneer of the movement in fiction that continued with Robert Louis Stevenson and others. He won acclaim for vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. ![]() Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. ![]() Blackmore Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 ? 20 January 1900), known as R. Western Moors Edition Please see photos as part of condition report 1882 1st Edition (Thus), LORNA DOONE A Romance of Exmoor By R.D. Good - 16 Colour Illustrations by Christopher Clark. ![]()
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