IF ANYBODY CARES to read a simple tale told simply, I, John Ridd, of the parish of Oare, in the county of Somerset, yeoman and churchwarden, have seen and had a share in some doings of this neighborhood, which I will try to set down in order, God sparing my life and memory.
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.Īnd yet he thinks that the outlines are filled in more carefully, and the situations (however simple) more warmly coloured and quickened, than a reader would expect to find in what is called a ‘legend.’Īnd 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. THIS WORK IS called a ‘romance,’ because the incidents, characters, time, and scenery, are alike romantic. * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit to learn more about our wide range of titles * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Blackmore’s works
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