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Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.

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
Would
Joy
Cease
Almost
Door
Thought
Soon
Stills
Tears
Still
Doors
Elinor
Firsts
Room
Burst
First
Rooms
Ran
Never
Longer
Closed

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