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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
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Affection
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Twenties
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Seven
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Marianne
Woman
Pausing
Moments
Twenty

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