If young women were not deceived into a belief that affectation pleases, they would scarcely trouble themselves to practise it so much.
Maria EdgeworthAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: irish
- Born: January 1, 1767
- Died: May 22, 1849
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