by Henry Handel Richardson

Henry Handel Richardson is the pseudonym for Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson. She is best known for her short stories and biographies. Richardson was an Australian who was widely traveled and her writings were influenced by her travels. The Getting of Wisdom is the story of a young girl who faces the conventionality of boarding school life in Melbourne. Her attempt to fit in to school society is that faced by many girls. The story is quaint, yet will ring true to girls of the 21st century.