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Clara Vaughan #1
Clara Vaughan, Volume I of III
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144 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 18, 2012
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R.D. Blackmore
155 books87 followersRichard 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 that continued with Robert Louis Stevenson and others. He may be said to have done for Devon what Sir Walter Scott did for the Highlands and Hardy for Wessex. Blackmore has been described as "proud, shy, reticent, strong-willed, sweet-tempered, and self-centred."
Though very popular in his time, Blackmore's work has since been altogether ignored, and his entire body of work, save for his magnum opus Lorna Doone, which has enjoyed considerable popularity since its being published, has gone out of publication. Thus his reputation rests chiefly upon this romantic work, in spite of the fact that it was not his favourite.
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 that continued with Robert Louis Stevenson and others. He may be said to have done for Devon what Sir Walter Scott did for the Highlands and Hardy for Wessex. Blackmore has been described as "proud, shy, reticent, strong-willed, sweet-tempered, and self-centred."
Though very popular in his time, Blackmore's work has since been altogether ignored, and his entire body of work, save for his magnum opus Lorna Doone, which has enjoyed considerable popularity since its being published, has gone out of publication. Thus his reputation rests chiefly upon this romantic work, in spite of the fact that it was not his favourite.
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January 27, 2016
This first volume of three gets off to a good start and ends with a sweet and hopeful scene.
Clara Vaughan is a troubled child no one can handle but her father. She has seizures and it is hoped that she will grow out of them into a normal adult.
When she is ten, tragedy strikes and her father is found murdered in bed, no one not even his wife next to him saw who it was. Her mother, if she did see is too scarred mentally to speak or hear of her husband's murder.
Clara becomes fixated on finding who killed her father and scours the house for clues. Over the years she pieces together a few meager bits and pieces. But the law calls into question her father's will which left her everything entrusted under her guardian, Edgar Vaughan.
The story follows Clara on her path to find the culprit who turned her world upside down, for Vaughan Park, her mother's little cottage, London and a school of arts.
Really enjoyed this and I'm picking the second one up right away!
Clara Vaughan is a troubled child no one can handle but her father. She has seizures and it is hoped that she will grow out of them into a normal adult.
When she is ten, tragedy strikes and her father is found murdered in bed, no one not even his wife next to him saw who it was. Her mother, if she did see is too scarred mentally to speak or hear of her husband's murder.
Clara becomes fixated on finding who killed her father and scours the house for clues. Over the years she pieces together a few meager bits and pieces. But the law calls into question her father's will which left her everything entrusted under her guardian, Edgar Vaughan.
The story follows Clara on her path to find the culprit who turned her world upside down, for Vaughan Park, her mother's little cottage, London and a school of arts.
Really enjoyed this and I'm picking the second one up right away!
July 11, 2020
Still in the midst of my R. D. Blackmore marathon. Volume 1 (of 3) is quite intriguing. A beloved 10 year old girl loses her father to a murder, and a cold uncle steps in to take over the life and property of mother and child. Life becomes miserable for them. The first volume takes us into Clara’s young adulthood, obsessed with finding her father’s murderer, as she makes her way in the world, collecting unique friendships along the way. On to Volume II .
April 8, 2022
I enjoy Blackmore but I do find some of his books very long... this was one of them.
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