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  R. D. Blackmore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the his generation.
Blackmore was born at Longworth, Berkshire, of which parish his father was vicar.
Blackmore acted as the pioneer of the new romantic movement in fiction which Robert Louis Stevenson and other brilliant writers afterwards carried on.
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 RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE - LoveToKnow Article on RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was nevertheless enthusiastic in his pursuit of literature; and when, a few years later, the complete breakdown of his health rendered it clear that he must remove from London, he determined to combine a literary life in the country with a business career as a market-gardener.
The heroine, though she is invested with qualities of faery which are scarcely human, is an idyllic and haunting figure; and John Ridd, the bluff hero, is, both in purpose and achievement, a veritable giant of romance.
The story is a classic of the West country, and the many pilgrimages that are made annually to the Doone Valley (the actual characteristics of which differ materially from the descriptions given in the novel) are entirely inspired by the buoyant imagination of Richard Blackmore.
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 The Twickenham Museum : R D Blackmore
Blackmore did not enjoy teaching and he was relieved of the need for this employment by a substantial bequest from his uncle in 1857.
Blackmore's wife died in 1888; there were no children of the marriage and after her death he was looked after at Gomer House by two of her nieces until his own death on 20 January 1900.
Blackmore was considered a recluse by the local inhabitants and also rather bad tempered but after the success of Lorna Doone he received many visitors from America including a number of young ladies.
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 Berkshire History: Biographies: Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900)
Richard Doddridge was the son of John Blackmore, the curate-in-charge of Longworth in Berkshire.
Richard was brought up by his aunt, Mary Frances Knight, and her husband, Rev. Richard Gordon, at Elsfield in Oxfordshire; while his father returned to Devon, his childhood home.
Richard's wife died in 1888 but he lived on at Gomer House, under the watchful eyes of her nieces, Eva and Adalgisa Pinto-Leite.
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 R. D. Blackmore - Penguin Group (New Zealand) Authors - Penguin Group (New Zealand)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Times were hard, however, particularly for someone who lavished an uneconomical amount of time on horticultural research: and although he had dabbled in a bit of poetry before, Blackmore turned to writing seriously to supplement the meagre income he made from selling fruit.
He was a tall man, with a large muscular frame; but for reasons which are now not known, he was advised in 1854 to pursue an active outdoor career (he had previously tried being a lawyer and a teacher) or else risk dying young.
A visitor to Blackmore in his old age remarked of his passion for his fruit and flowers, ‘God has given him no other children’.
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 Lorna Doone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lorna Doone, subtitled A Romance of Exmoor, is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore, first published in 1869.
Unlike Lorna Doone, she did not survive, and is commemorated in the church.
Lorna Doone was written by Blackmore to emulate the style of speech of the 17th century.
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 English Literature - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Although Richard Doddridge Blackmore has written many novels, he is known as the author of one "Lorna Doone," a semi-historical romance, which has given fame to a Devonshire valley.
He was born in Berkshire in 1825, graduated at Oxford, studied law, practiced as a conveyancer, and when his health failed, became a market-gardener near London.
Among Blackmore's other stories are "The Maid of Sker," "Cripps the Carrier," "Erema; or, My Father's Sin," "Sir Thomas Upton." He depicts with much skill the peasants and fisher-folk of the West of England, hardy, slow of speech, yet keen-witted.
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 Blackmore, Richard Doddridge --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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After graduating from Oxford University, Richard Doddridge Blackmore took up law, but ill health forced him to retire from his law practice and become a teacher in a...
The English writer and librarian Richard Garnett was the head of the Garnett family, which exerted a formative influence on the development of modern British writing.
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Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900), English novelist, born in Longworth, Berkshire, and educated at the University of Oxford.
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 Blackmore, Richard Doddridge --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, and at Exeter College, Oxford, Blackmore was called to the bar but withdrew because of ill health.
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 BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE (1825-1900) - Online Information article about BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE (1825-1900)
volume of Poems by Melanter (1854), which showed no particular promise, nor did the succeeding volume, Epullia (1855), suggest that Blackmore had the makings of a poet.
He was nevertheless enthusiastic in his pursuit of literature; and when, a few years later, the See also:
West country, and the many pilgrimages that are made annually to the Doone Valley (the actual characteristics of which differ materially from the descriptions given in the novel) are entirely inspired by the buoyant imagination of Richard Blackmore.
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 Blackmore, Richard Doddridge on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
LITERARY LANDSCAPE Continuing our occasional series, Victor Osborne explores the wilds of Exmoor, setting of R D Blackmore's Lorna Doone
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Anthony Thwaite welcomes this huge new anthology of English verse - but wonders at its unusual arrangement
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 SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE - LoveToKnow Article on SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE - LoveToKnow Article on SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE
These opinions have not been justified, for the poem, like everything else that Blackmore wrote, is dull and tedious.
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 Blackmore, Sir Richard --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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 BLACKMORE [Richard Doddridge], Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
BLACKMORE [Richard Doddridge], Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor.
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 Find in a Library: Richard Doddridge Blackmore : his life and novels
Richard Doddridge Blackmore : his life and novels
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 BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE (1825-1900) - Encyclopedia Britannica - BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE (1825-1900) - JCSM's ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE (1825-1900), English novelist, was born on the 7th of June 1825 at Longworth, Berk-shire, of which
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LITERARY LANDSCAPE Continuing our occasional series, Victor Osborne explores the wilds of Exmoor, setting of R D Blackmore's Lorna Doone (The Sunday Telegraph)
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 BLACKMORE, SIR RICHARD (c. 1650-1729) - Online Information article about BLACKMORE, SIR RICHARD (c. 1650-1729)
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Lucretius in the beauty of its versification, and infinitely surpassed it in the solidity and strength of its reasoning." These opinions have not been justified, for the poem, like everything else that Blackmore wrote, is dull and tedious.
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 Romantic Poems 1825-1900 Info
Richard Doddridge Blackmore(1825-1900) Born: 7th June 1825 at Longworth...
LBruT - Local History Notes - R.D. Blackmore
Some of Blackmore's published work: 1854 - Poems by Melanter...
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Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor by R. Blackmore (fiction)
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 Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900) - LearningToGo eBooks - Timeless classics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900) - LearningToGo eBooks - Timeless classics
Lorna Doone is the story of how John Ridd, an unsophisticated farmer, falls in love with the beautiful and aristocratic Lorna Doone, kidnapped as a child by the outlaw Doones on Exmoor..
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 Lorna Doone; A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. Blackmore (Richard Doddridge) eBook by BookRags
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 Erema — My Father's Sin by R. D. Blackmore - Project Gutenberg
Erema — My Father's Sin by R. Blackmore - Project Gutenberg
Erema — My Father's Sin by R. Blackmore
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