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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Jane Austen

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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
Wedding
Happy
Entirely
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Marriage
Happenstance
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Happiness

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