Thread: Jane Austen to appear on Bank of England £10 note
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Old 07-26-2013, 11:28 PM   #32
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by Billi View Post
I agree that they could have found a better quote, but it is nice that Jane Austen is there at all. And I sincerely hope she has made it onto a note because of herself and her writings and not only because she was a woman (the linked articles goes a little bit into this direction).
I am happy that she's there...but it could have been so much more. As I writer, they should have put her best writing out there.

I mean, if they did the same thing with the Euro and put Goethe on it, wouldn't you be disappointed if they didn't use a Götz v. Berlichingen quote? The famous one?
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