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I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister, and the insolence of his mother and have suffered the punishment of an attachment, without enjoying its advantages.

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
Mother
Advantages
Without
Suffered
Enjoying
Attachment
Sister
Punishment
Unkindness
Advantage
Insolence
Enjoy
Contend

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