This year sees her unveiling by the Bank of England on a new £10 note, replacing Charles Darwin (and before him, Charles Dickens) she is the first female writer to be so honored. The disagreement has been amplified as her fame has grown, and her fame may never have been greater. The hazel-eyed woman in the mobcap is not just an iconic figure but a symbol of Literature itself.Īs Austen’s own Emma Woodhouse put it to her querulous father, “One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.” But in the case of Austen, that misunderstanding seems to have an urgency that isn’t attached to any other canonized, pre-20th-century literary figure. Listen to the audio version of this article: Feature stories, read aloud: download the Audm app for your iPhone.
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