And yet he thinks that the outlines are filled in more carefully, and the situations (however simple) more warmly colored and quickened, than a reader would expect to find in what is called a "legend." And he knows that any son of Exmoor, chancing on this volume, cannot fail to bring to mind the nurse-tales of his childhood -- the savage deeds of the outlaw Doones in the depth of Bagworthy Forest, the beauty of the hapless maid brought up in the midst of them, the plain John Ridd's Herculean power, and (memory's too congenial food) the exploits of Tom Faggus.
R.D. Blackmore
March, 1869
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And yet he thinks that the outlines are filled in more carefully, and the situations (however simple) more warmly colored and quickened, than a reader would expect to find in what is called a "legend." And he knows that any son of Exmoor, chancing on this volume, cannot fail to bring to mind the nurse-tales of his childhood -- the savage deeds of the outlaw Doones in the depth of Bagworthy Forest, the beauty of the hapless maid brought up in the midst of them, the plain John Ridd's Herculean power, and (memory's too congenial food) the exploits of Tom Faggus.
R.D. Blackmore
March, 1869
Imprint | Aegypan |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | 2007 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2007 |
Authors | R. D Blackmore |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards |
Pages | 568 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-60312-951-0 |
Barcode | 9781603129510 |
Categories | |
LSN | 1-60312-951-0 |