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The Getting of Wisdom

By: Henry Handel Richardson
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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The Getting of Wisdom, a wicked and satirical novel on the pain and confusion of growing up, first appeared in 1910. A century later, it has lost none of its bite. One of the most memorable characters in Australian fiction, Laura Rambotham, aged 12, enters the portals of an exclusive girls' school eager to be accepted. But this precocious country girl is snubbed and ridiculed by her fellow students, who are richer, more attractive, and more adept at dealing with life's hypocrisies.

Public Domain (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Classics Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Witty
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This story doesn't have a clever, evolving plot or very interesting characters. I found it a chore to read.

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Boring story about a not very likeable child surrounded by more unlikeable characters doing nothing

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