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Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.

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
Creatures
Plague
Truth
Elegant
Heart
Creature
Rational
Speaking
Honesty
Consider
Female
Intending

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