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A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
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Action
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True
Somehow
Must
Actions
World
Truly

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