Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor


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(4.4 stars; 55 reviews)

"If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply" ... thus opens Lorna Doone, one of the best love stories ever written. The novel has inspired at least ten movies and mini-series. "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. Battling his desire for revenge, John also grows into a respectable farmer and continues to take good care of his mother and two sisters. 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. 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". Summary from Wikipedia, adapted by Stav Nisser. (27 hr 39 min)

Kapitel

00 - Preface 1:37 Gelesen von humeangel
01 - Elements Of Education 11:13 Gelesen von humeangel
02 - An Important Item 20:05 Gelesen von Shirley Anderson
03 - The Warpath Of The Doones 27:10 Gelesen von Shirley Anderson
04 - A Very Rash Visit 19:03 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
05 - An Illegal Settlement 14:49 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
06 - Necessary Practice 17:01 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
07 - Hard It Is To Climb 25:51 Gelesen von Landii
08 - A Boy And A Girl 16:48 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
09 - There Is No Place Like Home 15:31 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
10 - A Brave Rescue And A Rough Ride 21:27 Gelesen von daisy55
11 - Tom Deserves His Supper 21:28 Gelesen von daisy55
12 - A Man Justly Popular 24:43 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
13 - Master Huckaback Comes In 22:21 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
14 - A Motion Which Ends In A Mull 11:22 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
15 - Master Huckaback Fails Of Warrant 24:15 Gelesen von Rachel Lintern
16 - Lorna Grows Formidable 12:45 Gelesen von Chloey Winters
17 - John Is Clearly Bewitched 17:06 Gelesen von Landii
18 - Witchery Leads To Witchcraft 11:25 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
19 - Another Dangerous Interview 15:21 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
20 - Lorna Begins Her Story 17:24 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
21 - Lorna Ends Her Story 21:02 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
22 - A Long Spring Month 17:23 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
23 - A Royal Invitation 23:00 Gelesen von Rachel Lintern
24 - A Safe Pass For King's Messenger 18:36 Gelesen von Landii
25 - A Great Man Attends To Business 19:15 Gelesen von Landii
26 - John Is Drained And Cast Aside 17:18 Gelesen von Landii
27 - Home Again At Last 8:50 Gelesen von Landii
28 - John Has Hope Of Lorna 27:25 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
29 - Reaping Leads To Revelling 25:24 Gelesen von daisy55
30 - Annie Gets The Best Of It 29:46 Gelesen von daisy55
31 - John Fry's Errand 30:23 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
32 - Feeding Of The Pigs 25:30 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
33 - An Early Morning Calling 10:26 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
34 - Two Negatives Make An Affirmative 13:26 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
35 - Ruth Is Not Like Lorna 20:09 Gelesen von daisy55
36 - John Returns To Business 15:02 Gelesen von Landii
37 - A Very Desperate Venture 26:34 Gelesen von Landii
38 - A Good Turn For Jeremy 21:55 Gelesen von Landii
39 - A Troubled State And A Foolish Joke 42:36 Gelesen von daisy55
40 - Two Fools Together 29:10 Gelesen von daisy55
41 - Cold Comfort 18:52 Gelesen von Fran
42 - The Great Winter 30:41 Gelesen von daisy55
43 - Not Too Soon 26:32 Gelesen von daisy55
44 - Brought Home At Last 24:47 Gelesen von daisy55
45 - A Change Long Needed 18:12 Gelesen von Landii
46 - Squire Faggus Makes Some Lucky Hits 22:50 Gelesen von Landii
47 - Jeremy In Danger 22:02 Gelesen von Landii
48 - Every Man Must Defend Himself 21:40 Gelesen von Landii
49 - Maiden Sentinels Are Best 18:26 Gelesen von Landii
50 - A Merry Meeting A Sad One 27:50 Gelesen von Landii
51 - A Visit From The Counsellor 24:26 Gelesen von Rachel Lintern
52 - The Way To Make The Cream Rise 21:30 Gelesen von Rachel Lintern
53 - Jeremy Finds Out Something 26:44 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
54 - Mutual Discomfiture 30:49 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
55 - Getting Into Chancery 26:40 Gelesen von daisy55
56 - John Becomes Too Popular 38:21 Gelesen von daisy55
57 - Lorna Knows Her Nurse 36:17 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
58 - Master Huckaback's Secret 27:06 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
59 - Lorna Gone Away 31:48 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
60 - Annie Luckier Than John 19:39 Gelesen von Liz Lassetter
61 - Therefore He Seeks Comfort 18:06 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
62 - The King Must Not Be Prayed For 27:28 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
63 - John Is Worsted By The Women 21:51 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
64 - Slaughter In The Marshes 22:02 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
65 - Falling Among Lambs 23:22 Gelesen von MichelleHarris
66 - Suitable Devotion 22:36 Gelesen von Anna Roberts
67 - Lorna Still Is Lorna 18:00 Gelesen von Anna Roberts
68 - John Is John No Longer 23:13 Gelesen von Anna Roberts
69 - Not To Be Put Up With 19:14 Gelesen von gfairch511
70 - Compelled to Volunteer 25:29 Gelesen von daisy55
71 - A Long Account Settled 18:00 Gelesen von daisy55
72 - The Counsellor And The Carver 24:05 Gelesen von daisy55
73 - How To Get Out Of Chancery 17:44 Gelesen von daisy55
74 - Driven Beyond Endurance 22:12 Gelesen von daisy55
75 - Life And Lorna Come Again 29:27 Gelesen von daisy55

Bewertungen

Wonderful!


(5 stars)

One of the most beautiful, adventurous, and emotional books I have ever read/listened to. It made me cry! Thank you Librivox volunteers!

Greatest Book Ever!!! 🌺🌺🌺


(5 stars)

This book is so good I have been so happy to get to read it everyone should have to read it I will read it again and again if I have to😍😍 daisy55 is a really good reader and so is Michelle Harris!!! The switching with readers is a little annoying!! 😐😐 but the storyline and background is great !!!!!!! 👍 Lorna sounds so beautiful and sweet and john ridd is a clumsy romantic man who sounds very kind!! ( probably because he lives in a house all full of women) 😄😄. I love Annie and Lizzie! And gwenny is so funny 🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love this book 📚 everyone who reads it should!!!

A good listening to


(4 stars)

It is a cute love story that was read well, the change of voices I surprising liked. Fortunately, they have changed the description and only due to my annoyance with the characters and a bit of the plot do I not give it 5 stars.

Have another cookie and listen.


(3.5 stars)

A very interesting tale. Perhaps a little too much detail, but still worth listening to. The readers did a very good job and it was fun listening to readers from different English speaking countries. I have great appreciation for their volunteering to read.

good book, not as good narrators


(2 stars)

The variance of narrators' skill eclipses (for the worst, not the better) the potential beauty of this communal reading, made simply frustrating in the end because of the disparate narration skills.


(4 stars)

Female readers with different accents dubbing the male first-person narration of the protagonist, John RIDD, marrs the enjoyment of listening though the novel has a very interesting plot set in a historical background.

wonderful romance!


(5 stars)

The novel, ' Lorna Doone ' was a perfectly suspenseful romance. I verily enjoyed every chapter. Thank you to all who read this long adventurous, love story!

A Good Love Story


(5 stars)

A good long love story that depicts life in England of a virtuous farmer in the times of the rule of highway man and kings.