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To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
Literature
Falling
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Love
Dancing
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