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Aus⋅ten

[aw-stuhn]
–noun
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
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Aus·ten   (ô'stən)   
British writer who is noted for her penetrating observation of middle-class manners and morality and her irony, wit, and meticulous style. Her novels include Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Emma (1816).
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