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... But he recommended the books which charmed her leisure hours, he encouraged her taste, and corrected her judgment he made reading useful by talking to her of what she read, and heightened its attraction by judicious praise.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
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