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We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.
Jane Austen
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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
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Steventon
Hampshire
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Feelings
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Confined
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Quiet
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