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Sam Austen is a certified feline linguist and former Professor of Feline Psychology at Golden State Medical University. He also hosts Meow: A Literary Podcast for Cats, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Play.

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Your Cat Can Finally Read Pride and Prejudice, Thanks to The Meow Library

In the new Meow Library edition of the perennial English-language romance, every single word is "meow." Every chapter, every paragraph, every line of dialogue: "meow."

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