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Had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you.
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
Broken
Silence
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Even
Sensibility
Heart
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