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Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
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Hampshire
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Littles
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