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BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE (1825-1900)

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 24 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BLACKMORE, RICHARD DODDRIDGE (1825-1900) , English novelist, was born on the 7th of June 1825 at Longworth, Berk-shire, of which
village
  his father was curate in charge. He was educated at Blundell's school, Tiverton, and
Exeter
  College, Oxford, where he obtained a scholarship. In 1847 he took a second class in classics. Two years later he entered as a student at the Middle Temple, and was called to the bar in 1852. His first publication was a volume of Poems by Melanter (1854), which showed no particular promise, nor did the succeeding volume, Epullia (1855), suggest that
Blackmore
  had the makings of a poet. He was nevertheless enthusiastic in his pursuit of literature; and when, a few years later, the complete breakdown of his health rendered it clear that he must remove from London, he deter-
mined
  to combine a literary life in the country with a business career as a market-gardener. He acquired land at Teddington, and set earnestly to
work
 , the literary fruits of his new surroundings being a translation of the Georgics, published in 1862. In 1864 he published his first novel, Clara Vaughan, the merits of which were promptly recognized. Cradock Nowell (1866) followed, but it was in 1869 that he suddenly sprang into fame with Lorna Doone. This fine story was a
pioneer
  in the romantic revival; and appearing at a jaded hour, it was presently recognized as a
work
  of singular charm, vigour and imagination. Its success could scarcely be repeated, and though
Blackmore
  wrote many other
capital
  stories, of which the best known are The Maid of Sker (1872), Christowell (188o), Perlycross (1894), Tales from the Telling
House
  (1896) and Dariel (1897), he will always be remembered almost exclusively as the author of Lorna Doone. He continued his quiet country life to the last, and died at Teddington on the loth of January 190o, in his seventy-fifth year. Lorna Doone has the true out-of-
door
  atmosphere, is shot through and through with adventurous spirit, and in its dramatic moments shows both vigour and intensity. The heroine, though she is invested with qualities of faery which are scarcely human, is an idyllic and haunting figure; and John Ridd, the bluff hero, is, both in purpose and achievement, a veritable giant of romance. The story is a classic of the West country, and the many pilgrimages that are made annually to the Doone Valley (the actual characteristics of which differ materially from the descriptions given in the novel) are entirely inspired by the buoyant imagination of Richard Blackmore. A memorial window and tablet to his memory were erected in
Exeter
  cathedral in 1904.


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