# The Getting of Wisdom — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the book to an unnamed little collaborator, acknowledging a shared creative effort.
- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The chapter opens with a biblical epigraph from Proverbs 4:7, emphasizing the supreme value of wisdom and the pursuit of understanding.
- [The Getting of Wisdom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/the-getting-of-wisdom.md): Laura Rambotham leaves her family home to attend boarding school, experiencing a mix of excitement and anxiety. She is accompanied by her mother and younger siblings to the train station, where she says goodbye and begin
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/i.md): On her last night at home before leaving for boarding school, Laura Rambotham cuts off one of her prized curls to bind a bouquet for her mother, hoping to prove her selflessness. Her mother reacts with anger, upset that 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/ii.md): On the morning of her departure for boarding school, Laura awakens and deliberately avoids a private conversation with her mother, fearing another uncomfortable talk about growing up. She hides in the summerhouse until c

> 23 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_getting_of_wisdom_se_1375kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Purple Dress and the Price of Conformity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [The Rebel's Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [Gut und böse und Lust und Leid und Ich und Du](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_getting_of_wisdom_se/chapters/xxv.md)

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