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Lady Susan

Lady Susan
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Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871.

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“What could I do! Facts are such horrid things!”

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Source: "Lady Susan", Letter XXXII (1871)

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“My dear Alicia, of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a man of his age! Just old enough to be formal, ungovernable, and to have the gout; too old to be agreeable, too young to die.”

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Source: Lady Susan

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