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Imust have a London audience.I could never preach, but to the educated to those who were capable of estimating my composition.

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
Composition
Educated
London
Capable
Audience
Never
Estimating
Preach

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