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Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.

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
Done
Heart
Whisper
Prejudice
Pride

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