But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty su…

Jane Austen
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But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. ✨ Jane Austen (2009). Northanger Abbey, p.8, Wild Jot Press
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But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. ✨ Jane Austen (2009). Northanger Abbey, p.8, Wild Jot Press

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