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I am happier than Jane she only smiles, I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world, that he can spare from me.

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
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Happier
Laugh
Laughing
Darcy
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World
Spare
Spares
Smiles
Jane

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