Other times it’s less successful, and I found John’s early life dragged, with very little incident to break up the admittedly excellent descriptions of rural life. Sometimes this works, if the writer fills it with interesting stuff – witness David Copperfield and his time living with the Micawbers. Biographical fiction of this era tends to include the early years of the subject, meaning it’s often a long time before the story gets properly underway. Unless you threaten the people he loves…Īfter an exceptionally tedious first quarter, during which I many times considered abandoning the book, I gradually grew to quite enjoy it. Because, massive though he is and with a reputation throughout Devon and Somerset as a great wrestler, at heart John is a lover, not a fighter.
Instead, he falls in love with Lorna, the beautiful young granddaughter of Sir Ensor, the head of the Doones. When John Ridd’s father is robbed and murdered by the infamous Doone clan, this should make young John their blood enemy. Summary from Wikipedia, adapted by Stav Nisser.An everyday story of country folk… 😀 😀 😀 😀 Carver will let nothing get in the way of his marriage to Lorna, which he plans to force upon her once Sir Ensor dies and he comes into his inheritance”. 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. “If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply” … thus opens Lorna Doone, one of the best love stories ever written.
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