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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def read_csv(self, csv_location, csv_configs=None):
 # type: (str, Dict[str, int]) -> List[List[str]] """ Read the csv file """

        csv_configs = self._generate_configs_from_default(csv_configs)
        with open(csv_location, 'r') as csv_file:
            csv_reader = csv.reader(csv_file)
            self.csv_data = list(csv_reader)
        self.csv_data = self.csv_data[csv_configs['HEADER_COLUMNS_TO_SKIP']:]
        return self.csv_data