Cover of The Kindly Flame

The Kindly Flame

  • 1964 first published
  • 220 pages
  • 2 editions

The Kindly Flame is a 1964 fae fiction novel by Thomas P. Roche. It features Edmund Spenser (1552?-1599). Readers will find themes of faerie queene.

At about 220 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Characters

Subjects

  • Faerie queene, Spenser, Edmund
  • Faerie queene

Quick answers

Who wrote The Kindly Flame?

The Kindly Flame was written by Thomas P. Roche and first published in 1964.

What genre is The Kindly Flame?

It is usually shelved as Fae & Fairy Fiction.

How long is The Kindly Flame?

The median edition has 220 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Kindly Flame?

Readers who like it often enjoy Spenser's allegory of justice in book five of the Faerie queene, Refashioning "knights and Ladies Gentle Deeds" and Spenser's Allegory.

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