The Getting of Wisdom (Dodo Press) (Paperback)

from veracite

Very much enjoyed this story of a bright, imaginative, bossy girl running smack into a society she doesn't understand and continues to fail to understand, hard as she tries to win friends and influence people.

from tzelman

Wisdom as conditioned stuffiness--Obsessive Laura is appealing nonetheless, but this novel doesn't know where to go

from mbmackay

This book was mentioned in Dictionary of Lost Words and I took the hint. Published in 1910 it tells the semi-autobiographical story of a girl from rural Australia going to boarding school in Melbourne, and her growing maturity in thought and action. The writing is good, and the lead character is ...

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Can't believe I gave this books 5 stars on first reading. I could barely finish it on reread. Unrelenting dreariness which I kept expecting to let up and it continued till the end.

from LisaMorr

This Virago Modern Classic is about a twelve-year old girl sent to boarding school from her home in the country where she lived with her Mom and sister and two brothers. The title is a bit of an oxymoron in that boarding school doesn't teach her to be wise at all, but to fit in. Kind of sad.