“I would not, therefore, on my account, have you encumber one moment of your precious time by sending for her to Edward Street, especially as every visit is so much deducted from the grand affair of education, which I really wish to have attended to while she remains at Miss Summers's.” (VII).
Miss Summer’s is a type of boarding reform school that Lady Susan sends her daughter to in an attempt to tame the wild child. The boarding school represents Lady Susan’s social standing, as most boarding schools are geared toward the upper class. Austen uses the boarding school to show that Lady Susan is part of the higher branch of society and to show how little she cares for her daughter. If Lady Susan truly cared for her daughter, she would not send her to a boarding school; she would keep her at home and instruct her herself.
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