The ultimate
nightmare: a woman being shot during her own wedding ceremony! What a scenario.
That is what sticks in my mind after reading this book, regarded as a classic.
Admittedly I read only one of the shortened abbreviated versions, as many told
me there was no way I could read or even understand the original work. But it
does not matter. The version I read was exciting though harrowing enough; and
one wonders at the simple, often brutal life of the denizens of this British
place centuries ago. There is a lot of cruelty, but John Ridd’s love for the
lovely Lorna shines through. After all sorts of tribulations that one would
have thought had no real solutions, Ridd wins his woman who is very much a
noble lady now…and then she is shot by the villainous Carver on her wedding
day! No wonder Ridd exacts revenge man to man and ends the life of Carver. Best
of all, Lorna survives the shooting and the book has a very happy ending.
Tears….
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Madolyn Chukwu
