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Lorna Doone
Victoria Hopper at the title character in Lorna Doone (1934), directed by Basil Dean.
Lorna Doone
fictional character
Lorna Doone, fictional heroine of the historical romance Lorna Doone (1869) by R.D. Blackmore. The novel is set in 17th-century Exmoor, a remote area of Devon, England, and concerns a virtuous and somewhat mysterious young woman who has been raised by bandits who abducted her when she was young.
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