Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson

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The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson. 1981 Virago Modern Classics (c/r 1910), 233 pages. Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson was an Australian author admired by HG Wells and Sinclair Lewis. Getting of Wisdom is based on Richardson's time at boarding school about a girl's struggle with conformity and rebelliousness. Condition: Good used condition "Laura knew this, knew indeed that, did she coax, Mother could refuse her nothing." Show more