A Song of Sixpence

1964 novel by A. J. Cronin

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A Song of Sixpence is a 1964 novel by A. J. Cronin about the coming to manhood of Laurence Carroll and his life in Scotland. Its sequel is A Pocketful of Rye.

As with several of his other novels, Cronin drew on his own experiences growing up in Scotland for this book. The titles of both novels come from the children's nursery rhyme, "Sing a Song of Sixpence".

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Works by A. J. Cronin
Novels
  • Hatter's Castle
  • Three Loves
  • Grand Canary
  • Woman of the Earth
  • Country Doctor
  • The Stars Look Down
  • The Citadel
  • Vigil in the Night
  • Enchanted Snow
  • The Valorous Years
  • The Keys of the Kingdom
  • The Green Years
  • Shannon's Way
  • The Spanish Gardener
  • Beyond This Place
  • Escape from Fear
  • A Thing of Beauty/Crusader's Tomb
  • The Northern Light
  • The Native Doctor/An Apple in Eden
  • The Judas Tree
  • A Song of Sixpence
  • A Pocketful of Rye
  • The Minstrel Boy/Desmonde
  • Lady with Carnations
  • Gracie Lindsay
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