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Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world

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
Properly
Education
Girl
Give
Giving
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World
Jane
Introducing
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