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In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Admire
Ardently
Allow
Darcy
Pride
Struggled
Literature
Repressed
Feelings
Jane
Tell
Romantic
Must
Prejudice
Love
Vain

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