Getting of Wisdom

Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946)

Read by Chip, Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023), Betsie Bush and 7 others

7h 47m · 25 chapters

The Getting of Wisdom tells the story of Laura Rambotham, a 12-year-old girl who is just starting at her boarding school. This is based on Henry Handel Richardson's experiences of her own school, the Presbyterian Ladies College in central Melbourne. The story goes through her friends and enemies and all the life of a boarding school in early 20th century Australia, and all the subjects and learning too. Laura learns a lot but her education does not satisfy her, and her social life is thrown upon her as very different from her peers. (Summary by Bronwyn Kate)

Chapters

1. 1Chapter 115 min
2. 2Chapter 218 min
3. 3Chapter 315 min
4. 4Chapter 421 min
5. 5Chapter 519 min
6. 6Chapter 612 min
7. 7Chapter 719 min
8. 8Chapter 819 min
9. 9Chapter 927 min
10. 10Chapter 1018 min
11. 11Chapter 1115 min
12. 12Chapter 1219 min
13. 13Chapter 139 min
14. 14Chapter 1422 min
15. 15Chapter 1517 min
16. 16Chapter 1615 min
17. 17Chapter 1713 min
18. 18Chapter 1822 min
19. 19Chapter 1929 min
20. 20Chapter 2018 min
21. 21Chapter 2117 min
22. 22Chapter 2220 min
23. 23Chapter 2319 min
24. 24Chapter 2425 min
25. 25Chapter 2513 min

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