Jan 04, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. King charles iis catholic brother, james, is next in line for the throne, but many protestants put their faith in charles illegitimate son, the duke of monmouth. Oxford bookworms library oxford university press have a worldwide reputation for providing learners with a great reading experience, with a wide range of classic and modern fiction, nonfiction. At home there is sad news waiting for young john, and he learns that he has good reason to hate the doones. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in devon and somerset, particularly around the east lyn. I have loved this story since i was a child and i have read several more detailed versions of the same story. Mixed media format at home there is sad news waiting for young john, and he learns that he has good reason to hate the doones. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive.
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Blackmore, 9780194791779, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Every woman clutched her child, and every man turned pale at the very name of doone 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. Click download or read online button to get silas marner level 4 oxford bookworms library book now. Lorna doone by blackmore, first edition abebooks passion for books. The girl with red hair oxford bookworms by christine lindop. The local farmers and villagers all live in fear of the doones because they are robbers and murderers. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Lorna doone level 4 oxford bookworms library english.
Lorna doone c pearson education limited 2008 lorna doone teachers notes of 3 teachers notes level 4 penguin readers teacher support programme about the author although his father came from west county, where lorna doone is set, richard doddridge blackmore was born in berkshire in 1825. And in shaping this old tale, the writer neither dares, nor desires, to claim for it the dignity or cumber it with the difficulty of an historic novel. Pearson english readers level 4 lorna doone book level 4. This work is called a romance, because the incidents, characters, time, and scenery, are alike romantic.
He and his wife had no children, and when he died in 1685 his brother, james ii, became king. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital. But in the years to come he meets lorna doone, with her lovely smile and big dark eyes. One winters day in 1673 young john ridd is riding home from school, across the wild lonely hills of exmoor. An historical novel of high adventure set in the south west of england during the turbulent time of monmouths rebellion 1685. Written for secondary and adult students the oxford bookworms library has seven reading levels from a1c1 of the cefr. Lorna doone, a romance in exmoor is a beautiful romance and adventure story set in the south west of england during the monmouth rebellion. Every woman clutched her child, and every man turned pale at the very name of doonejohn ridd, an unsophisticated farmer, falls in love with the beautiful and aristocratic lorna doone, kidnapped as a child by the outlaw doones on exmoor. Oxford bookworms library lorna doone level 4 1400word. A romance of exmoor is a novel by english author richard doddridge. Set against this historical background, this beautiful novel tells the story of young john ridd who as he grows into manhood and rights the wrong done to his family and parish by a group of noble outlaws and at the same time winning the hand and heart of.
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