New heights of popularity for Jane Austen* ~
British novelist, Jane Austen, will be honoured on the 10-pound banknote.  Bank of England announced. The design will feature an 1870 portrait and include the Pride and Prejudice quotation, "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading."

"Her novels have an enduring and universal appeal and she is recognized as one of the greatest writers in English Literature." ~ Mark Carney, Bank of England Governor.

~ CBC News, July 24.
* (Jane Austen, born December 16, 1775; died July 18, 1817)


Photo:  Cover of Jane Austen : her life, by Park Honan, 1987.  U.S. Edition. St. Martin's Press.  First published in Great Britain by George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited.