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If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
Village
Lady
Adventure
Seek
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Young
Befall
Must
Adventures
Abroad

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