14 Top classics books like Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer by Molly Clavering

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Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer

By: Molly Clavering

4.13

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The two were friends and had been for many years before Miss Douglas, a little battered by war expe…

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1. The Feast

By: Margaret Kennedy

3.93

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Initially was published in a shortened form in a 1949 Ladies Home Journal magazine under the title … read more

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  • historical fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
"She writes this biographical fiction, or fictional biography, whichever you like to call it. She takes some juicy scandal from the life of a famous person, and writes a novel round it. Any facts that…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

"MYSELF: You have never understood. My integrity means more to me than happiness. CHRISTINA: You have none. There is no such thing. You are not a whole person. Nobody is. We are members one of another…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

"[W]hen she was dying she asked me to promise never to leave Father. I couldn't refuse. It was the last thing she said. She was worried over what would happen to him. So you see!' 'How could she conde…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

"What kind of books do you like?' 'I like books about nice people. And a story where it all comes out right in the end.' 'But Nancibel, that's not true to life.' 'I daresay not. Why should it be?' 'Yo…"

-Margaret Kennedy, The Feast

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2. Listening Valley

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

Toni Melville, who retreats into her own "listening valley" to seek solace, is the absorbing subjec… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • british literature
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3. The Enchanted Isle

By: D.E. Stevenson

3.91

Format: None pages,

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  • historical fiction
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • british literature
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4. Henry VIII

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

Format: None pages,

Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare a… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

5. Summer Pudding

By: Noel Streatfeild , Susan Scarlett

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
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6. The Brandons

By: Angela Thirkell

3.72

Format: 395 pages,

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

7. Green Money

By: D.E. Stevenson

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Hardcover

Green Money finds the well-loved author at her most irresistible. Romantic, energetic, at times wic… read more

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8. The Musgraves

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.15

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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9. Shoulder the Sky (Dering Family, #3)

By: D.E. Stevenson

3.45

Format: None pages,

A London artist tries to adjust to her new life on a Scottish farm and, in painting everything arou… read more

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10. Cluny Brown

By: Margery Sharp

2.83

Format: 288 pages,

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11. Bramton Wick

By: Elizabeth Fair

4.00

Format: None pages,

Bramton Wick was a small, compact community riddled with polite social politics. The town could be … read more

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12. The English Air

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.12

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

A son makes a devastating choice. Franz von Heiden, son of a Nazi official and an English mother… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
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13. Kate Hardy

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.02

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

"Do you know anything about her, Richard?" "Nothing except that she lives in London, is obviousl… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
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14. Babbacombe's

By: Susan Scarlett

4.00

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

"I thought we were allowed to sit. I mean I thought it was the Shop Act or something that we had to… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
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15. Under the Rainbow

By: Susan Scarlett

4.11

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

To those who saw Saltings first on a hot day in summer-when heat shimmered in the hollows-that chur… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
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16. Sally-Ann

By: Susan Scarlett

3.97

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

The Marchioness's face changed. ... She turned to Ann. "What is your name, dear?" "Ann." "Wou… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
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17. The Blue Sapphire

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.15

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

The blue sapphire is the gem which the Ancients called the hyacinthus and which Solinus described a… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Landscape in Sunlight

By: Elizabeth Fair

3.94

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

Published in the United States as All One Summer. At the end of the war, Mrs. Midge stayed on. W… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The Narrowboat Summer

By: Anne Youngson

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Meet Me at the Museum, a charming novel of second chances, about three women, on… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Det där gillade jag inte", sa hon. "Tror du att dom sålde droger?" "Nej", sa Sally. "Jag tror att dom väntade på att växa upp och bli helt vanliga." "Jaså, verkligen?" sa Eve. "Dom såg inte ut som om…"

-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer

"På skärmen tog matchen slut och åskådarna troppade av. Det blev tyst i puben och Sally fick den där sköna och avslappnade känslan - som ofta kom över henne på allmänna platser - av att vara levande o…"

-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer

"Tror du att det är där vi befinner oss? På gränsen mellan ordning och kaos?" "Det tror jag. Vi har både avvisat delar av det som var vår världsordning och vi försöker få rätsida på utkanten av det ok…"

-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer

"Sally sa: "Jag har inte varit tvungen att gå på så många möten, men när jag har gjort det har jag alltid väntat på att dom ska ta slut så att jag kan gå iväg och ta itu med nåt annat. Även om det int…"

-Anne Youngson, The Narrowboat Summer

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20. Apricot Sky

By: Ruby Ferguson

4.30

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

"I'm haunted by an awful dread," said Raine. "It was a wedding Mysie once went to. The bridegroom n… read more

Similar categories in Ruby Ferguson's Apricot Sky book and Molly Clavering's Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer

  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The Fair Miss Fortune

By: D.E. Stevenson

3.80

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

"There's something . . . I mean we simply must see Miss Fortune now. She isn't in bed, is she?" "N… read more

Similar categories in D.E. Stevenson's The Fair Miss Fortune book and Molly Clavering's Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer

  • historical fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
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22. Spring Magic

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.13

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

Frances was free. She had enough money for her holiday, and when it was over she would find useful … read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. Five Windows

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.42

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Where does David belong? David Kirke’s childhood is sheltered, his nature is gentle and peaceable; … read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. The Man in the Dark

By: Susan Scarlett

4.07

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

"Yes, and then I'll go over Miss Kay's rooms with either you or the housekeeper." "There is no hou… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • classics
  • fiction
  • british literature
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25. The Proper Place

By: O. Douglas

4.33

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

The Proper Place is delightful reading and is Miss O. Douglas at her best. The story deals with the… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. The Marble Staircase

By: Elizabeth Fair

3.83

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

Looking back she could not remember when she had settled down to mere existence, no longer expectin… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer by Molly Clavering

27. Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer

By: Molly Clavering

4.13

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

The two were friends and had been for many years before Miss Douglas, a little battered by war expe… read more

Similar categories in Molly Clavering's Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer book and Molly Clavering's Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer

  • classics
  • british literature
  • humor
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. Young Mrs. Savage

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.06

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes she wished she could stick up a large notice "FOUR CHILDREN ARE NOT TOO MANY" . . . Rai… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • british literature
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29. The Haymaker

By: Elizabeth Cadell

3.82

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Nether Stapling Manor nor any of the fine family possessions of this stately home really belonged t… read more

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  • fiction

24 Top fiction books like Mrs. Lorimer's Quiet Summer by Molly Clavering

Transform Your Habits

The Feast

Margaret Kennedy

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Listening Valley

D.E. Stevenson

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Enchanted Isle

D.E. Stevenson

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Henry VIII

William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.50

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21 best-selling fiction books like The Fair Miss Fortune by D.E. Stevenson

Summer Pudding

Noel Streatfeild , Susan Scarlett

3.67

Transform Your Habits

The Corner Shop

Elizabeth Cadell

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Babbacombe's

Susan Scarlett

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Under the Rainbow

Susan Scarlett

4.11

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