author
Florence E. Burch
1856–1918
Best known for writing lively moral tales for young readers, this late-Victorian author published widely through the Religious Tract Society. Her stories often mix everyday family life with clear-eyed lessons about character, duty, and kindness.
3 Audiobooks
No royal road : or, The thing that lies the nearest. A story for girls.
by Florence E. Burch
Two ways of facing life
by Florence E. Burch
Farmer Bluff's dog Blazer : or, At the eleventh hour
by Florence E. Burch
About the author
Born in Cheshunt in 1856, Florence Edith Burch was the daughter of George and Jane Burch. She began publishing fiction in the 1880s, following her older sister Harriette Emma Burch into writing for the Religious Tract Society.
Burch wrote mainly for younger readers, and her books include Farmer Bluff's Dog Blazer, No Royal Road, Squirrel; or, Back from the Far Country, and Two Ways of Facing Life. Her work is remembered for its warm, direct storytelling and its strong interest in moral choices, perseverance, and everyday faith.
She never married and died in 1918. Though not a household name today, her fiction still survives through library records and digital editions, offering a clear window into the tone and values of popular religious and juvenile reading in the late nineteenth century.