Cripps, the Carrier: A Woodland Tale by R. D. Blackmore
"Cripps, the Carrier: A Woodland Tale" by R. D. Blackmore is a novel published in 1876. Set in 1830s rural Oxfordshire, the story follows Grace Oglander, daughter of a country squire, who is abducted through the schemes of a villainous attorney. Her father receives only a sack of potatoes containing her severed golden hair. As witnesses report a body buried in a ravine, Grace's fate seems sealed—yet the truth is far different,
leading to dramatic confrontations and a desperate rescue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge), 1825-1900 |
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| Title | Cripps, the Carrier: A Woodland Tale |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripps_the_Carrier |
| Credits | E-text prepared by sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (archive.org) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Kidnapping -- Fiction |
| Subject | Oxfordshire (England) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 43281 |
| Release Date | Jul 22, 2013 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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