The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson
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"The Getting of Wisdom" by Henry Handel Richardson is a novel first published in 1910. Twelve-year-old Laura Rambotham leaves her country home for an elite Melbourne boarding school, where her imaginative nature and humble circumstances clash with the wealthy students' harsh social codes. Through humiliation and isolation, Laura navigates the rigid world of 1890s girls' education, questioning authority, morality, and her own values. Based on Richardson's own boarding school experiences, this Australian
classic explores one girl's struggle for authenticity and freedom in an unforgiving environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Richardson, Henry Handel, 1870-1946 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Getting of Wisdom |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Getting_of_Wisdom |
| Credits | Produced by Col Choat. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Autobiographical fiction |
| Subject | Australia -- Fiction |
| Subject | Young women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Bildungsromans |
| Subject | Melbourne (Vic.) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 3728 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 471 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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