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Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist. Austen has been called the mother of the modern novel and her work is recognized as some of the best in English fiction.
E. A Duyckinck, ed. Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America, Vol I (New York: Johnson, Wilson & Co., 1862) 409.
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