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If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient.

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
Great
Proficient
Learnt
Prejudice
Ever

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