| Author: | Henry Handel Richardson | ISBN: | 9781411450257 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | April 19, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
| Author: | Henry Handel Richardson |
| ISBN: | 9781411450257 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Publication: | April 19, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
| Language: | English |
Published in 1910, this coming-of-age novel was based on the author's teenage experiences as a boarder at the Presbyterian Ladies' College in Melbourne from 1883-87. Her heroine, Laura Tweedle Rambotham, comes from a once well-off family now fallen on hard times. Smart and strong willed, Laura is hard pressed to retain her self-possession amid the countless small, tawdry humiliations of boarding-school life.
Published in 1910, this coming-of-age novel was based on the author's teenage experiences as a boarder at the Presbyterian Ladies' College in Melbourne from 1883-87. Her heroine, Laura Tweedle Rambotham, comes from a once well-off family now fallen on hard times. Smart and strong willed, Laura is hard pressed to retain her self-possession amid the countless small, tawdry humiliations of boarding-school life.
