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“My object then," replied Darcy, "was to show you, by every civility in my power, that I was not so mean as to resent the past; and I hoped to obtain your forgiveness, to lessen your ill opinion, by letting you see that your reproofs had been attended to."
"I could not sit seriously down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life."
16 December 1775, one of the most beloved classic authors was born. Happy birthday, Jane Austen!