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She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.

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
Sensible
Clever
Sorrow
Joy
Women
Eager
Everything
Sorrows
Joys
Moderation

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