There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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History, real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... I read it a little as a duty; but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all - it is very tiresome.
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Jane Austen (192)
Birth: | 16th December, 1775 |
Death: | 18th July, 1817 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Novelist |
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Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, England. She was an English novelist. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. She wrote several novels include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Lady Susan.
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