The Maid of Sker. by R D Blackmore
Title: The Maid of Sker.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Blackmore, R. D.; 1872. 3 vol.; 8 . 12629.dd.1.Richard Doddridge Blackmore was an English novelist who lived from 1825 to 1900. Blackmore was the son of an Anglican curate and was born in Longworth, Berkshire. Blackmore was reared by his aunt for some years after his mother died of typhus before returning to live with his father in Exmoor's rural countryside. As a classics student, he excelled and was awarded a scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1847. While working on his debut novel, Blackmore worked as a tutor before changing careers and enrolling in law school.
But, due to ill health, he returned to teaching and eventually moved to Teddington, a riverside town, with his wife and children. He devoted himself to his work there, and his most successful novel, Lorna Doone: A Tale of Exmoor (1869), was a huge hit. Blackmore spent the rest of his life at Gomer House in Teddington, where he is buried next to his loving wife Lucy. He was a pioneering author whose work inspired Robert Louis Stevenson and Thomas Hardy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781241378387 |
| ISBN 10 | 124137838X |
| Title | The Maid of Sker. |
| Author | R D Blackmore |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | British Library, Historical Print Editions |
| Year published | 2011-03-25 |
| Number of pages | 342 |
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