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A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.

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
Feels
Twenties
Never
Inspire
Seven
Moment
Hope
Marianne
Woman
Pausing
Moments
Twenty
Feel
Affection

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