A World of Girls: The Story of a School by L. T. Meade

A World of Girls: The Story of a School by L. T. Meade

First published in 1886, this early school story tells of the boarding-school life of Hetty Thornton, a studious, proud girl, and her various associates, most notably: warm-hearted, mischievous, lazy Annie Forest, the favorite of the school.

Table of Content

Chapter 1 “Good-Bye” to the Old Life

Chapter 2 Traveling Companions

Chapter 3 At Lavender House

Chapter 4 Little Drawing-Rooms and Little Tiffs

Chapter 5 The Head-Mistress

Chapter 6 “I am Unhappy.”

Chapter 7 A Day at School

Chapter 8 “You have Waked me too Soon.”

Chapter 9 Work and Play

Chapter 10 Varieties

Chapter 11 What was Found in the School-Desk

Chapter 12 In the Chapel

Chapter 13 Talking over the Mystery

Chapter 14 “Sent to Coventry.”

Chapter 15 About Some People who Thought no Evil

Chapter 16 “An Enemy Hath Done This.”

Chapter 17 “The Sweets are Poisoned.”

Chapter 18 In the Hammock

Chapter 19 Cup and Ball

Chapter 20 In the South Parlor

Chapter 21 Stealing Hearts

Chapter 22 In Burn Castle Wood

Chapter 23 “Humpty-Dumpty had a Great Fall.”

Chapter 24 Annie to the Rescue

Chapter 25 A Spoiled Baby

Chapter 26 Under the Laurel Bush

Chapter 27 Truants

Chapter 28 In the Fairies’ Field

Chapter 29 Hester’s Forgotten Book

Chapter 30 “A Muddy Stream.”

Chapter 31 Good and Bad Angels

Chapter 32 Fresh Suspicions

Chapter 33 Untrustworthy

Chapter 34 Betty Falls Ill at an Awkward Time

Chapter 35 “You are Welcome to Tell.”

Chapter 36 How Moses Moore Kept His Appointment

Chapter 37 A Broken Trust

Chapter 38 Is She Still Guilty?

Chapter 39 Hester’s Hour of Trial

Chapter 40 A Gypsy Maid

Chapter 41 Disguised

Chapter 42 Hester

Chapter 43 Susan

Chapter 44 Under the Hedge

Chapter 45 Tiger

Chapter 46 For Love of Nan

Chapter 47 Rescued

Chapter 48 Dark Days

Chapter 49 Two Confessions

Chapter 50 The Heart of Little Nan

Chapter 51 The Prize Essay