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R.D. Blackmore

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R.D. Blackmore


Born
in Longworth, Berkshire, England
June 07, 1825

Died
December 13, 1901

Genre
Literature & Fiction

Influences
Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott


Richard Doddridge Blackmore, referred to most commonly as R.D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of his generation. Over the course of his career, Blackmore achieved a close following around the world. He won literary merit and acclaim for his vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works.[1] Noted for his eye for and sympathy with nature, critics of the time described this as one of the most striking features of his writings.

Blackmore, a popular novelist of the second half of the nineteenth century, often referred to as the "Last Victorian", acted as pioneer of the new romantic movement in fiction th ...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 17,162 ratings · 956 reviews · 153 distinct works • Similar authors
Lorna Doone
3.73 avg rating — 16,346 ratings — published 1869 — 345 editions
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Lorna Doone A Romance of Ex...
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Clara Vaughan
3.55 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1864 — 66 editions
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Mary Anerley: a Yorkshire Tale
3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1880 — 118 editions
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The Maid of Sker
3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1872 — 23 editions
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Springhaven: A Tale of the ...
3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1887 — 121 editions
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Clara Vaughan, Volume I of III
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Slain by the Doones
4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1895
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Perlycross
3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1894 — 90 editions
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“...because I rant not, neither rave of what I feel, can you be so shallow as to dream that I feel nothing? ”
― R.D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone
tags: introverts
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“May be we are not such fools as we look. But though we be, we are well content, so long as we may be two fools together.”
― R.D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone
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“It seemed to me that if the lawyers failed to do their duty, they ought to pay people for waiting upon them, instead of making them pay for it.”
― Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone
tags: law
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Polls

2nd Quarter (April - June) 2024 Long Read Poll

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 1868, 1392 pages
 
  91 votes, 48.4%

 
  23 votes, 12.2%

Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore, 1869, 800 pages
 
  21 votes, 11.2%

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, 1995, 624 pages
 
  19 votes, 10.1%

A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin, 1791, 599 pages
 
  16 votes, 8.5%

Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks, 1998, 758 pages
 
  12 votes, 6.4%

 
  6 votes, 3.2%

188 total votes
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