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Posted by Caroline on March 03, 1998 at 15:40:50:
In response to schools, written by Cheryl on March 03, 1998 at 11:39:59
] ] The Abbey scholl seems to me to be quite a nice place, all things considered.
] Yes, but that first one! (shudder)
]
] ] One thing that is "odd" about many Austen heroines is that they didn't go to school.Were they then at a social disadvantage?
] Maybe it was such a disagreeable experience for Jane that she didn't want to put her heroine through it! But people like Caroline Bingley did, and just see what it did for her! ;-)
And look what it did for Lucy Steele!;-)
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