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Never could I expect to be so truly beloved and important so always first and always right in any man's eyes as I am in my father's.

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
Always
Truly
Never
Eyes
Men
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Father
Firsts
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Right
Beloved
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