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The Fortunes of Philippa by Angela Brazil

dja777's review against another edition

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Kind of dull, definitely not one I will re-read.

kahale's review against another edition

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2.0

this author wrote a whole series of English schoolgirl stories in the early 20th century. A little stilted for girls of today. I found it reminiscent of Anee of Green Gables and The Little Princess. Itt did hold my attention through the whole book.

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3.0

Philippa lives happily in South America with her father but her father decides she needs a different sort of education and sends her to England to go to school. She is sent to a boarding school where she learns languages and manners and the art of conversation and music. Her experiences are mixed; she quickly befriends Cathy, but also makes an enemy in Ernestine, and she loves most of her teachers but one teacher seems to constantly berate her. It's a nice little picture of what life must have been like for affluent girls in the early 1900s.

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