The Getting of Wisdom Popular Penguin | 
#falltreasures Day 27 #SchoolTheme
My much loved, much travelled college copy of an Australian classic. For those overseas, 'Henry' was actually Ethel. Like many women, she used a pen name.
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickAn engaging character-based boarding school novel first published in 1910. Laura Rambotham is 12 when she leaves her country home to attend school in Melbourne, where she struggles to fit in among the snobby rich girls.
Note: The author was a woman, despite her male pseudonym. As often happens with classic literature, expect occasional offensive attitudes towards non-whites. #ozfiction
At the present stage of her career she was an extraordinarily prickly child, and even to her two sponsors did not at times present a very amiable outside: like a hedgehog, she was ever ready to shoot out her spines.
“I say, who on earth trimmed your hat?” she asked almost at once.
“Mother,” Laura answered bravely, while the colour mounted to her cheeks again.
“Well, I guess she made up her mind you shouldn‘t get lost as long as you wore it,” went on her cousin with disconcerting candour. “It makes you look just like a great big red double dahlia.”
(Internet photo)
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I hadn‘t previously imagined what it would be like to be a passenger in a poorly driven horse carriage in an urban environment.
Really enjoyed spending a few minutes reflecting on what I read at College and Uni. Here‘s my college list, not complete.
#readinglist #backtoschool
@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB
Took a side trip today and happened upon the childhood home of Henry Handel Richardson (her pen-name) Beautiful spot, the house wasn't open but the garden was lovely. Its a long time since I read The Getting of Wisdom and I didn't finish Richard Mahony. Feels like time for a reread. #bookstagram #booklovers #australianliterature #chiltern #womenwriters #readingpile #bookworm
1890s Mean Girls! This is the first book that came to mind for #booktober #setinaschool.
It's a classic coming-of-age story about Laura Tweedle Rambotham, rebellious, free-spirited country girl, adjusting to the confines of city boarding school in Melbourne.
Semi-autobiographical (the female author wrote under a masculine pseudonym) and just such a gem of a book.
Have been meaning to read this forever. Finally started today.
I've been meaning to read this book forever. Finally started today 👍
