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Lorna Doone
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Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a classic romantic adventure novel written by R. D. Blackmore in 1869, and the book for which he is most well-known today.It tells the tale of John Ridd, a freeholder in The West Country during the dying days of the reign of Charles II, and his struggles in love and war. His father is murdered by the Doones, a clan of disgraced aristocrats turned bandits who rampage across Exmoor, terrorising who they may with near-impunity. For numerous reasons (including the complicated religious politics between the King and the aristocracy at the time) the authorities are either unwilling or unable to intervene, and incensed by the injustice Ridd naturally swears vengeance. His life is complicated, however, when he falls in Love at First Sight with Lorna Doone, the beautiful and kind-hearted "princess" of the clan, who lives as a sheltered prisoner of the Doones, leading to a secret romance beginning between them. But Lorna is the key to the future fortunes of her family, and their love quickly becomes complicated by her mysterious past, the bitter history between the two families, the political intrigues and upheavals of the time, and most especially by Carver Doone, the violent and uncontrollable heir of the Doones — who considers Lorna betrothed to him whether she wants to be or not...Regarded as a classic of British Victorian literature, it has been adapted into no less than seven films and television series, the most recent of which was released in 2000 and featured future Game of Thrones star Aidan Gillen, a young James McAvoy, and an even younger Jesse Spencer. | |
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Gentleman Thief: Tom Faggus, a cousin of the Ridds' who eventually falls in love with and marries John's sister Annie. | |
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Only Sane Man: John comes off as this when he comments on the complicated political and legal maneuvering both in London and concerning the Doones. | |
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Bandit Clan: The Doones. | |
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Shipper on Deck: John's mother, regarding him and Sally until he tells her the truth about his love for Lorna. His uncle regarding John and Ruth Huckaback. His sister, regarding John and Lorna. | |
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Gentle Giant: Played with; John is a very tall, powerfully-built man, and is established to enjoy wrestling as a sport. However, it's clearly established that it is just a sport for him, and for the most part he has a very calm, mild temper, allows insults and the patronising that he receives from others to roll off his back, and treats his beloved Lorna very gently. | |
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Public Domain Character: The novel interweaves Blackmore's original story and characters with several local historical legends which may or may not be based on real history. Though any ongoing fame he continues to enjoy in the wider world is largely through this book, Tom Faggus is actually heavily based on a legendary highwayman who is said to have operated in Exmoor around the time that the novel is set and is something of a local myth a la Robin Hood. He enjoys a happier ending than the mythic figure, who according to legend was betrayed and hung; here, he eventually settles down into married life with Annie. The events of the latter chapters where Lorna is shot by Carver Doone at her wedding are based on a real incident. Blackmore gives Lorna a happier ending than the real woman, however, who died from her injuries. | |
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Spoiler Title: The chapter called "Blood on the Altar" gives a pretty good indication that something bad is going to happen at John and Lorna's wedding. | |
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Technology Marches On: Invoked for the purposes of a meta-joke. At one point, elder Tom pauses in his reflections to marvel at the state of (then)-contemporary roads, which when combined with the new-fangled "stagge-waggons" are capable of transporting people in perfect safety and comfort for a distance of 40 miles per day! This would have provoked an amused chuckle from the reader in 1869, who by that point enjoyed the luxury of an extensive cross-country railway network capable of transporting people and goods that same distance per hour, if not quicker. To say nothing of the modern reader, who is equipped with a range of even faster transport options to the point where, in some places in Britain, 40mph is not even the maximum speed limit. | |
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Huge Guy, Tiny Girl | |
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Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Numerous jokes are made throughout the book about John's huge size, including several gently teasing remarks by Lorna herself. | |
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Pragmatic Villainy | |
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Pragmatic Villainy: The Doones have a certain amount of this, under Sir Ensor's leadership at least. They're wild and inclined to take whatever they want from the locals, but they do realise that there are some limits to what they can get away with, because ultimately for all their pretensions to their former aristocracy they're essentially just glorified bandits with no real legal standing. If they push things too far their allies in the local aristocracy and administration will abandon them and the locals — who outnumber them — will rise up against them in outrage or summon the King's armies, who would pose a real threat to them. Ergo, while they're justly feared by the locals they do try to keep the needless atrocities to a minimum and are willing to offer some recompense, or at least not push things too far. The Counsellor, Carver's father and Ensor's son, in particular tries to present the appearance of being a reasonable and just person. Unfortunately for them, once Sir Ensor dies the Doone inheritance passes to the more reckless and wild Carver, who gradually escalates matters until a raid on a farm leads to a toddler being needlessly killed in an especially cruel and wanton fashion. This causes sufficient outrage among the locals to lead to a raid which destroys the Doone clan almost entirely. | |
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Single-Target Sexuality: Both John and Lorna, though John admits that, if he'd never known Lorna, he could have married Ruth Huckaback. | |
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If I Can't Have You… | |
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If I Can't Have You…: Carver Doone has this attitude towards Lorna. Towards the end, after being rejected once and for all Carver crashes John and Lorna's wedding and shoots the bride in the stomach. | |
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The Highwayman | |
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The Highwayman: Tom Faggus. | |
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Orphan's Plot Trinket: The 'glass' necklace, which is in fact a very valuable diamond necklace which had originally belonged to Lorna's mother. | |
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Secondary Character Title: Lorna's name graces the book, but she is very much a Love Interest; the book is told from John's perspective and he is the protagonist central to most of the events. | |
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Wedding Smashers: John and Lorna's wedding is interrupted by Carver Doone shooting Lorna. | |
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Humble Hero | |
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Humble Hero: Several layers; John is generally rather modest and self-effacing, inclined to downplay his intelligence, abilities and accomplishments, and generally prefers the life of a simple farmer to the many grand plots, schemes and adventures he finds himself involved in. However, he is also keenly aware of the class gulf between himself and the high-born Lorna. | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity: Not (usually) deliberate on John's part (though sometimes he may protest too much), but many people who interact with him take him to be a very simple and dull fellow, interested only in wrestling and farming. But while he's not exactly an intellectual, he is sharper than he's given credit for; he's just too humble to make a big deal about it. He's particularly smart enough to be aware when those around him are being condescending towards him, however, and does not especially appreciate it (though his general humility generally leads him to refrain from commenting). | |
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Widowed at the Wedding: John and Lorna's wedding day is decidedly spoiled by Carver Doone showing up and shooting Lorna out of revenge and spite. But it's subverted; while it's touch and go thanks to some good treatment and what appears to have been a superficial wound, Lorna survives to live happily with John. | |
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Gilded Cage | |
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Gilded Cage: Lorna is treated as the clan's princess, but for all her status it is clear that she is all but a prisoner. And it gets worse when old Sir Ensor's health begins to fail and Carver, his heir, increasingly realises that she has no desire or intention of marrying him — at which point the gild starts getting rubbed off the cage very quickly... | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: The book is absolutely crammed with cracks and slighting references about lawyers and the legal profession. Hilarious in Hindsight, and also qualifies as Self-Deprecation, because the author, R. D. Blackmore, was himself a lawyer (though unable to practice due to his epilepsy). | |
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First Girl Wins: The semi-Love Triangle between John, Lorna and Ruth Huckaback (so-called because, while he acknowledges that he could be content with Ruth, ultimately John's heart has no room for any but Lorna) ends with John settling with the first girl he laid eyes on. It's Lorna, and you almost certainly guessed it, but it turns out that their connection goes back far further than either of them expected — they once unwittingly crossed paths the night that the Doones murdered both their parents. | |
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Entitled to Have You: Carver, towards Lorna, as he is the heir of the clan and she is its "princess". | |
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Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: If John had just shot Carver, Carver wouldn't have shot and very nearly killed Lorna at her wedding to John. | |
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Uptown Girl: When we first meet her, Lorna is introduced as a relation of the aristocratic, if criminal, Doone clan. It turns out that she's the daughter of a young Scottish nobleman who was set upon and killed, along with his wife, by the Doones, who kidnapped the infant Lorna and raised her as one of their own. After she escapes the Doones with John's help, she's located by a rich relative, who brings her to London. John visits her there and foils an attempted robbery on said relative, which results in his knighting by King James II. | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: The Doones. One of the chief reasons they're able to maintain their reign of terror over Exmoor for so long is their connections with (and influence over) the local aristocracy, judiciary and government officials. | |
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Star-Crossed Lovers: For at least two thirds of the book. | |
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In Which a Trope Is Described: Chapter titles fall into this, leading to the Spoiler Title below. | |
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A Minor Kidroduction | |
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A Minor Kidroduction: John begins his tale as a boy at school, before he is summoned home due to the murder of his father. His first meeting with Lorna also occurs a couple of years after this when the two are still children (though it later transpires that he once caught a glimpse of her at an even younger age as their paths briefly crossed). Following this, the novel then skips ahead a few years to when both have reached maturity. | |
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Earn Your Happy Ending | |
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Earn Your Happy Ending: It takes a lot of hard work, pain, struggle and blood to get there, but the novel ends with John and Lorna happily married. | |
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You Killed My Father | |
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You Killed My Father: The incident that sets the whole plot of the book in motion. John's father is murdered while resisting a robbery led by Carver Doone, and while John is on his way back to the family homestead from public school after learning of the tragedy, he sees Lorna (as a child) for the first time. | |
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