- Listenly
- Public Library
- All Authors
- R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
author
R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
1825–1900
Best known for the classic novel Lorna Doone, this Victorian storyteller mixed romance, adventure, and a strong sense of the English countryside. He also drew on years of working the land, which gave his fiction an unusually vivid feel for rural life.
25 Audiobooks
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
The Maid of Sker
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Clara Vaughan, Volume 1 (of 3)
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 1 (of 3)
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 3 (of 3)
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Perlycross: A Tale of the Western Hills
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Alice Lorraine: A Tale of the South Downs
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Dariel: A Romance of Surrey
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Cripps, the Carrier: A Woodland Tale
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Clara Vaughan, Volume 2 (of 3)
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Clara Vaughan, Volume 3 (of 3)
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, bart., M.P., formerly known as "Tommy Upmore"
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Kit and Kitty: A Story of West Middlesex
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of R. D. Blackmore
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. Vol. 2 (of 3)
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Crocker's Hole
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Frida; or, the lover's leap: a legend of the West Country
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Slain By The Doones
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Tales from the Telling-House
by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
About the author
Born in 1825, Richard Doddridge Blackmore was an English novelist who became one of the best-known popular writers of the Victorian period. He studied at Blundell's School and Exeter College, Oxford, and although he trained in law, he eventually turned to writing fiction.
Blackmore is most closely linked with Lorna Doone (1869), the historical romance that secured his lasting reputation. Its blend of drama, landscape, and memorable characters helped it remain far better known than most of his many other novels.
He spent much of his later life in west London, where he also devoted serious energy to fruit growing and market gardening. That practical connection to the natural world shows in the detailed settings and country life that run through his work. He died in 1900.