Project Gutenberg 2005-05-16 Public domain in the USA. 195 Meade, L. T. 1854 1914 Smith, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Meade, Mrs. L. T. Thomas, Elizabeth Meade, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade, Lillie Mead, L. T. The Rebel of the School Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Irma Špehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Rebel of the School" by Mrs. L. T. Meade is a novel written in the late 19th century, focusing on the lives of schoolgirls in a Victorian educational setting. The story revolves around the experiences of Ruth Craven, a foundation girl, and the spirited Irish girl, Kathleen O'Hara, as they navigate the social dynamics and challenges of their school, the Great Shirley School. Themes of class distinction, friendship, and rebellion against societal expectations are central to the narrative. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to the Great Shirley School, which has a distinct class structure separating foundation girls from paying students. Ruth Craven, a foundation girl, is depicted as kind-hearted yet struggling with the prejudices of her peers, while Kathleen O'Hara, the new arrival from Ireland, bursts onto the scene with her vibrant personality and a desire to forge connections. Ruth’s admiration for Kathleen is immediate, and Kathleen's impulsive nature leads her to challenge the school's social norms as she insists on befriending Ruth despite the rigid class divisions. This opening sets the stage for the conflicts and camaraderie that will unfold as the characters confront the nuances of friendship and acceptance within their school community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Schools -- Fiction PZ Text School Stories Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 608019 608028 2024-09-07T07:01:50.466885 2023-09-07T08:45:56.274498 text/html text/html 616556 2020-12-14T12:04:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 254080 2020-12-14T12:04:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 263689 2024-09-07T07:01:57.827841 application/epub+zip 272156 2024-09-07T07:01:51.365928 application/epub+zip 272158 2024-09-07T07:01:50.912882 application/epub+zip 458650 2024-09-07T07:02:03.179824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421198 2024-09-07T07:01:57.359878 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421350 2022-09-07T23:58:07.522433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 568540 568459 2024-09-07T07:01:48.909900 2023-09-07T08:45:54.838489 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 568330 2020-12-14T12:04:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 206731 2020-12-14T12:04:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 568321 2020-12-14T12:04:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 206694 2020-12-14T12:04:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20684 2024-09-07T07:02:03.327814 application/rdf+xml 19689 2024-09-07T07:01:51.003883 image/jpeg 3245 2024-09-07T07:01:50.957885 image/jpeg 252690 2024-09-07T07:01:50.518902 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia