Agnes Grey
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she had never been perfectly taught the distinction between right and wrong; she had, like her brothers and sisters, been suffered, from infancy, to tyrannize over nurses, governesses, and servants; she had not been taught to moderate her
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― The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
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― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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