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Orphan Dinah
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Orphan Dinah

by Eden Phillpotts

Dinah, an orphan raised by the Bamsey family, is torn between suitors among the moor farms, with the steady Lawrence Maynard at the heart of her story.

Picturesque South Devonshire
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Picturesque South Devonshire

by William Henry Kearley Wright

Wright's 1905 illustrated tour of South Devon's towns, coast and countryside, published by Valentine and Sons of Dundee.

Pixie Folk Tales
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Pixie Folk Tales

by Henry Everett

Henry Everett's 2025 anthology of more than 50 traditional tales of the Pixies, Piskeys, Knockers and Spriggans of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.

Red Spider
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Red Spider

by Sabine Baring-Gould

At Bratton Clovelly, Honor Luxmore, the frugal, red-cloaked 'Red Spider', keeps her widower father's house and cares for her siblings.

Sleeping Waters
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Sleeping Waters

by John Trevena

A 1913 Dartmoor novel from Trevena's most critically-praised period; the free scan online is the 1914 American edition.

South Devon & Dartmoor
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South Devon & Dartmoor

by Sue Viccars

Sue Viccars' Pathfinder walks guide to South Devon and Dartmoor, 28 routes through the moor's moorland, tors and surrounding coast and countryside.

Strange Survivals
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Strange Survivals

by Sabine Baring-Gould

A folklorist's tour of the odd customs, beliefs and everyday relics that survive from a distant past, from hearth and bell to superstition and rhyme.

The American Prisoner
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The American Prisoner

by Eden Phillpotts

At Fox Tor Farm near Princetown, Grace Malherb, daughter of the hot-tempered Maurice Malherb, loves Cecil Stark, an American held in the war prison on Dartmoor.

The Beacon
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The Beacon

by Eden Phillpotts

On the northern moor below Cosdon Beacon, a novel of the Trevail family and their neighbours, Lizzie Dunning and the Mortimores among them, and the quarrels and loyalties that bind a moor community.