The Getting of Wisdom
by Henry Handel Richardson
Bronwyn Kate hasn't been around for a while, so I'll step in as Book Coordinator until she's back. - Gesine (14 July)Born in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia into a prosperous family which later fell on hard times, she was the elder daughter of Walter Lindesay Richardson (c. 1826�1879), M. D., and his wife Mary (nee Bailey). She lived in various towns in Victoria during her childhood and youth, and attended Presbyterian Ladies' College (PLC) in Melbourne in 1883 between the ages of 13 and 17. (This experience was the basis for The Getting of Wisdom, arguably one of the finest coming of age novels in the English language.) - Summary from Wikipedia
Target completion date: May 31, 2007
Project Gutenberg e-text: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/tgttw10.txt
The Getting of Wisdom tells the story of Laura Rambotham, a 12-year-old girl who is just starting at her boarding school. This is based on Henry Handel Richardson's experiences of her own school, the Prebysterian Ladies College in central Melbourne. The story goes through her friends and enemies and all the life of a boarding school in early 20th century Australia, and all the subjects and learning too. Laura learns a lot but her education does not satisfy her, and her social life is thrown upon her as very different from her peers. - Summary by Bronwyn Kate
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