A World of Girls: The Story of a School

A boarding-school community follows a group of girls as they adapt to school routine, form friendships, and face rivalries under a wise headmistress. Daily life mixes lessons, chapel, games, and little drawing-room dramas with larger incidents: pranks, truancy, a troubling mystery about poisoned sweets, broken trusts, disguises, and a rescue that prompts confessions and reconciliation. The narrative traces several young characters as their loyalties and judgments are tested, showing gradual moral growth, the consequences of gossip and suspicion, and the restoration of harmony, concluding with recognition of character through a prize essay and renewed friendships.