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You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. -Mr. Darcy

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
Admire
Allow
Pride
Ardently
Literature
Darcy
Tell
Jane
Must
Romantic
Love
Prejudice
Vain

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