There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist whose six completed works - including 'Pride and Prejudice,' 'Sense and Sensibility,' and 'Emma' - transformed the novel into a vehicle for precise social observation and psychological insight. Her ironic wit and mastery of free indirect discourse made her one of the most influential prose stylists in English literature.
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