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Library Quotes by Jane Austen
- I am no indiscriminate novel reader. The mere trash of the common circulating library I hold in the highest contempt.
- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable If I have not an excellent library.
- I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I…
- I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these." - Mr. Darcy
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