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Mr. Knightley, if I have not spoken, it is because I am afraid I will awaken myself from this dream.

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
Awaken
Spoken
Afraid
Dream

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