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Yes, I found myself, by insensible degrees, sincerely fond of her and the happiest hours of my life were what I spent with her.

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
Spent
Degrees
Hours
Found
Insensible
Life
Fond
Happiest
Sincerely

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