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You will love this if you enjoy school stories full of friendships and feuds, midnight feasts and mysteries, and tender scenes with children, and if you wonder what honesty and forgiveness really cost.
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What do you do with a girl who seems loved by everyone, when you have already decided to dislike her? Hester Thornton is twelve, dressed in black for her mother, and sure that her new school is a prison. Within hours of reaching Lavender House, she refuses to shake hands with Annie Forest, the laughing favorite of the whole school.
A World of Girls was written by L. T. Meade, and it follows life at a Victorian boarding school, from Hester's winter arrival through rivalry, illness, reconciliation and a delayed prize giving. Two proud, wounded girls each feel wronged, and a very small child stands between them. You get a warm, lively tale about trust, pride and jealousy, and about how a small wrong grows when nobody owns up to it.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A Girl Leaves Home HeartbrokenFree
- 2A Stubborn Dislike at First Sight
- 3A School Built on Trust
- 4Mischief Begins and Suspicion Grows
- 5Honesty and Loyalty Pull Apart
- 6Nan Arrives and a Temptation Takes Root
- 7Love Is Not Won by Stealing
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A Girl Leaves Home Heartbroken
The story opens in a country house, where a toddler named Nan slips away from her nurse to find her big sister Hester. Hester, about twelve and in deep mourning, takes her into a small study and feeds her biscuits and then sugar lumps. She knows this is their last hour together, and she wants Nan to never forget her.
Hester's mother died in a carriage accident only three months before. Her father, Sir John Thornton, is just and upright but knows nothing about children. When Hester climbs trees, tears her dresses and rides his horses bareback, he decides the cure is a boarding school. He reads his paper all the way to the station and tells her he dislikes displays of emotion in public.
Hester sees school as a prison. On the train she cries behind her crape veil and decides she will not learn and will not improve. If school fails to change her, she tells herself, her father will let her stay at home. She will not let the servants say her mother's name, and she talks of her only to Nan.
The train brings one small kindness. Two elderly sisters, the Misses Bruce, offer sandwiches and queen cakes, coax out her troubles and tell her that school can be like living in clover. They promise to look for her in church on Sunday.
Grief can make a person proud, but love is the thing that breaks the pride.
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About 5 h 10 min to read.Questions about Eine Welt von Mädchen
What is A World of Girls about?
It follows twelve-year-old Hester Thornton through rivalry and reconciliation at Lavender House, a boarding school. She clashes with Annie Forest, the favorite, while mysterious pranks cause suspicion, and her little sister Nan becomes the center of a rivalry.
Who is Annie Forest in A World of Girls?
Annie is the lively, impulsive school favorite, loved by little children and older girls. She is an orphan in Mrs. Willis's care, hot tempered but loving, and she is the girl Hester decides to dislike.
Is A World of Girls a true story and when was it written?
It is a work of fiction by L. T. Meade, published in the Victorian period. It reflects the boarding school customs of its day, with gongs, French only lessons and compartments for privileges.
Is A World of Girls easy to read?
It has short chapters, lively dialogue and a clear plot. The baby talk from little Nan and the humor around sleepy Susan give the pages a friendly tone that pulls you along.
What is the main message of A World of Girls?
The book shows that trust, honesty and forgiveness matter more than pride. It suggests that love cannot be taken by force, and that owning up to a wrong is the first step to repairing it.
Cite this edition
Meade, L. T. A World of Girls. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-world-of-girls.
Meade, L. T. (2026). A world of girls. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-world-of-girls (Original work published 1886)
Meade, L. T. A World of Girls. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-world-of-girls.
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publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
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note = {First published 1886}
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