Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better prepara…

Jane Austen
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Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death. ✨ Jane Austen (2014). Jane Austen Complete Collection Deluxe Unabridged (annotated): [All 18 Works - Novels -Short Stories–Letters –Unfinished Works - Scraps]], p.145, BookBaby
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Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death. ✨ Jane Austen (2014). Jane Austen Complete Collection Deluxe Unabridged (annotated): [All 18 Works - Novels -Short Stories–Letters –Unfinished Works - Scraps]], p.145, BookBaby

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