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She was stronger alone and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as, with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible for them to be.

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
Stronger
Firmness
Alone
Poignant
Possible
Cheerfulness
Regrets
Sense
Supported
Wells
Fresh
Well
Appearance
Unshaken
Good
Regret
Invariable

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