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Richard Blackmore

Alice Lorraine: A Tale of the South DownsCHAPTER I. ALL IN THE DOWNSCHAPTER II. COOMBE LORRAINECHAPTER III. LINEAGE AND LINEAMENTSCHAPTER IV. FATHER AND FAVOURITECHAPTER V. THE LEGEND OF THE ASTROLOGERCHAPTER VI. THE LEGEND CONTINUEDCHAPTER VII. THE LEGEND CONCLUDEDCHAPTER VIII. ASTROLOGICAL FORE...

Tales From the Telling-HouseR. D. Blackmore Tales From the Telling-House PREFACE Sometimes of a night, when the spirit of a dream flits away for a waltz with the shadow of a pen, over dreary moors and dark waters, I behold an old man, with a keen profile, under a parson’s shovel hat, riding a tal...

Clara Vaughan. Volume 2 of 3R. D. Blackmore Clara Vaughan, Volume 2 (of 3) BOOK II. (continued) CHAPTER XVII Late in the evening of that same day, I sat in my room by the firelight only (for I could not work) and tried to look into myself, and find out the cause of my strange attraction or rather...

Clara Vaughan. Volume 3 of 3R. D. Blackmore Clara Vaughan, Volume 3 (of 3) BOOK IV. (continued) CHAPTER X STORY OF EDGAR VAUGHANChild Clara, for your own dear sake, as well as mine and my sweet love's, I will not dwell on that tempestuous time. If you cannot comprehend it without words, no words ...

The Maid of SkerCHAPTER I. FISHERMAN DAVY A FISH OUT OF WATERCHAPTER II. HUNGER DRIVES HIM A-FISHINGCHAPTER III. THE FISH ARE AS HUNGRY AS HE ISCHAPTER IV. HE LANDS AN UNEXPECTED FISHCHAPTER V. A LITTLE ORPHAN MERMAIDCHAPTER VI. FINDS A HOME OF SOME SORTCHAPTER VII. BOAT VERSUS BARDIECHAPTER VIII...

Cripps, the Carrier: A Woodland TaleCHAPTER I. THE HEAD OF THE FAMILYCHAPTER II. THE SWING OF THE PICKAXECHAPTER III. OAKLEAF POTATOESCHAPTER IV. CRIPPS IN A QUANDARYCHAPTER V. A RIDE THROUGH THE SNOWCHAPTER VI. THE PUBLIC OF THE "PUBLIC."CHAPTER VII. THE BEST FOOT FOREMOSTCHAPTER VIII. BALDERDAS...

Dariel: A Romance of SurreyR. D. Blackmore Dariel: A Romance of Surrey CHAPTER I A NIGHTINGALE If any man came to me, and said, "You are going to tell your tale, good sir, without knowing how to handle it," I should look at him first with some surprise, and anger at his interference, yet in a ver...

The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, bart., M.P., formerly known as «Tommy Upmore»R. D. Blackmore The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore, bart., M.P., formerly known as «Tommy Upmore» PREFACE When Sir Thomas Upmore came, and asked me to write a short account of his strange adventures...

Kit and Kitty: A Story of West MiddlesexKit and Kitty: A Story of West Middlesex CHAPTER I. UNCLE CORNY My name is Christopher Orchardson, of Sunbury in Middlesex; and I have passed through a bitter trouble, which I will try to describe somehow, both for my wife’s sake and my own, as well as to s...

Perlycross: A Tale of the Western HillsPerlycross: A Tale of the Western Hills CHAPTER I. THE LAP OF PEACE In the year 1835, the Rev. Philip Penniloe was Curate-in-charge of Perlycross, a village in a valley of the Blackdown Range. It was true that the Rector, the Rev. John Chevithorne, M.A., cam...