'''Jane Austen''' (December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817) was a British writer in the early nineteenth century.
'''Jane Austen''' (December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817) was a British writer in the early nineteenth century.
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Her works include various comic stories, six completed novels, and two unfinished novels, but her best-known works may be ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' and ''[[Emma]]''.
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Her works include various comic stories, six completed novels, and two unfinished novels, but her best-known works may be ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' and ''[[Emma]]''. In June 2013, she was reportedly favored to replace [[Charles Darwin]] on the [[British]] £10 note, according to the [[Bank of England]].<ref>http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jane-austen-favourite-appear-ten-pound-1992773#ixzz2XdcfnieO</ref>
She wrote her first two works, ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]'' and ''Pride and Prejudice'', in her early twenties. ''Northanger Abbey'', her third manuscript, sold to a publisher for ten pounds, but was not immediately published.
She wrote her first two works, ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]'' and ''Pride and Prejudice'', in her early twenties. ''Northanger Abbey'', her third manuscript, sold to a publisher for ten pounds, but was not immediately published.