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Northanger Abbey Quotes

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

Source:(ed. Penguin Books, 2006), Volume I, Chapter 1, Page 7
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  • Book: Northanger Abbey
  • Writer: Jane Austen
  • Genre: Romance, Gothic, Historical Fiction
  • Published: 1817
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