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Crona Temple
1846–1916
An English writer better known by the pen name Crona Temple, she built a steady Victorian career telling warm, morally grounded stories for young readers. Much of her fiction draws on the tone of late 19th-century religious and domestic storytelling, with Cornwall and other regional settings appearing in her work.
1 Audiobook
The Glorious Return: A Story of the Vaudois in 1689
by Crona Temple
About the author
Clara Lavinia Corfield, who wrote as Crona Temple, was born in Hampshire in 1846. Reliable biographical sources identify her as the daughter of the Rev. Frederick Corfield and Sarah Weller Channer, and note that she spent much of her childhood in Ireland, where her father served as rector of Templecrone. Her pen name is widely believed to have been inspired by that place.
She devoted her life to writing and is credited in modern reference sources with around 38 books. Most are described as children's fiction or moral tales, and surviving titles show a strong interest in faith, character, family life, and historical or regional settings. Among the works still noted today are Diana Rosenburgh, Little Wavie, The Ferryman's Boy, and The Glorious Return.
Corfield died in 1916. She is not a household name now, but her books offer a clear window into the values, storytelling style, and reading culture of late Victorian and Edwardian fiction for younger audiences.