The 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death on the pound

Jane Austen is considered one of the most influential female writers in English classics.

Recently, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen 's death, Bank of England has released a £ 10 bill containing a female writer with a quote in her most famous work, Pride and Prejudice.

On July 18, 1778, Jane Austen died of illness in Winchester, England. She left countless short stories of various genres, an incomplete manuscript with six of the best works in English literature.

The image of Jane Austen appears on a £ 10 note with a quote in Pride and Prejudice.

Reasonable and emotional, Pride and prejudice, Emma, ​​Persuasion, Mansfield Manor and North Abbey are love stories that are partly exploited based on the love story of Austen and Tom Lefroy even though she never marriage time. The writings clearly show Austen's personality, being free, unconstrained by the old stereotypical frameworks imposed on women, like the personality she has built for her own characters.

Jane Austen's appearance on the British pound marked the progress in women's fair treatment when only images of the queen and famous male characters were printed on British money before.

Austen was the first female writer after William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens to be honored on the pound. The 10-pound Jane Austen chart will be joined by Winston Churchill's 5-pound bill and the 20-pound JMW Turner debuted in 2020 in the new British polymer banknote set.

What caught Jane Austen's fans in this currency was the quote in Pride and prejudice that belonged to a character who had no interest in reading. 'I can say there's nothing more interesting than reading.' is by Caroline Bingley instead of Elizabeth Bennet or Fitzwilliam Darcy, two characters considered to be the most read in the story.

Pride and prejudice are Jane Austen's most famous books.

However, the £ 10 Jane Austen could only be used after its September 14 adoption and widespread release across the UK.

In addition to printing her picture on the banknote, to commemorate Austen's 200 days of death, the British government erected her statue at Basingstoke, near her home of Steventon, Hampshire.