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== Honours == [[File:Jane Austen, Poets' Corner.jpg|thumb|upright|Austen commemoration on the wall of [[Poets' Corner]] in [[Westminster Abbey]], London]] In 2013, Austen's works featured on a [[Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010β2019#2013|series of UK postage stamps]] issued by the [[Royal Mail]] to mark the bicentenary of the publication of ''Pride and Prejudice''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Press Association|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/feb/21/jane-austen-200th-anniversary-stamps|title= Jane Austen stamps go on sale|date=21 February 2013|access-date=18 September 2022|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Austen is on the [[Bank of England Β£10 note|Β£10 note]] issued by the Bank of England which was introduced in 2017, replacing [[Charles Darwin]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-14/jane-austen-is-now-on-the-10-pound-note/8947154|title=Jane Austen is now on Britain's 10 pound note|date=14 September 2017|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/18/jane-austen-banknote-unveiled-with-strange-choice-of-quotation|title=Jane Austen banknote unveiled β with strange choice of quotation|last=Morris|first=Steven|date=18 July 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 December 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In July 2017 a statue of Austen was erected in Basingstoke, Hampshire on the 200th anniversary of her death.<ref>Zamira Rahim.[https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/18/europe/jane-austen-statue-unveiled-bicentenary/index.html "World first' statue of Jane Austen unveiled"]. CNN. 18 July 2017.</ref>
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