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So it was true! A pain slashed at her heart as savagely as a wild animal's fangs.

Margaret Mitchell

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Margaret Mitchell
Age: 48 †
Born: 1900
Born: November 9
Died: 1949
Died: August 16
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Atlanta
Georgia
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
Savagely
Slashed
Fangs
Wild
Animal
Pain
True
Heart

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