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I am certainly the most fortunate creature that ever existed!

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
Certainly
Ever
Existed
Creature
Fortunate
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