Jane Austen was a novelist known chiefly for her influential works of literature, such as Pride and Prejudice. With her face featured on the front of the £10 cash note since 2017, Austen holds a legacy as a highly celebrated and distinguished author. Her books often centered around the upper class social culture of late 18th/19th century Britain, specifically the role of women and their dependency on wealthy men for economic security and generally stable lives. She died at the age of 41 on the 18th of July, 1817.
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