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The Getting of Wisdom (Version 2)

The Getting of Wisdom (Version 2)

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Number of Chapters: 25

Length: 07 hours and 06 minutes

Language: English

Henry Handel Richardson was the pseudonym of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, a writer who was born in 1870 to a reasonably well-off family which later fell on hard times. The author's family lived in various Victorian towns and from the age of 13 to 17 Richardson attended boarding school at the Presbyterian Ladies' College in Melbourne, Victoria. It's this experience that feeds directly into The Getting of Wisdom. Laura Tweedle Rambotham, the main character, is the eldest child of a country family. She is a clever and highly imaginative child, given to inventing romantic stories for the entertainment of her younger siblings, and an avid reader. She is also both proud and sensitive and her mother finds her difficult to handle. Her mother is the widow of a barrister who supports her family in genteel poverty on her earnings from embroidery. At the age of twelve Laura is sent off to boarding school in Melbourne. Her experiences at school shock and humiliate the unworldly Laura. The girls at the school are generally from rather wealthy families and those, like Laura, who come from less fortunate backgrounds learn very early not to divulge their circumstances for fear of ridicule. From time to time Laura lets little snippets of information about her family slip out, and she suffers for it. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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Chapter I (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter II (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter III (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter IV (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter V (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter VI (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter VII (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter VIII (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter IX (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter X (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XI (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XII (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XIII (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XIV (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XV (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XVI (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XVII (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XVIII (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XIX (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XX (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XXI (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XXII (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XXIII (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XXIV (Kirsty Leishman)
Chapter XXV (Kirsty Leishman)
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