The price of Austen tourism
Last summer, not long after the July 18 bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death, officials in the English town of Basingstoke announced that...
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Deborah Yaffe
- Jan 18, 2018
Minting money from the Austen tenner
The Jane Austen £10 note has been circulating for only four months, but already its most collectible iterations are fetching inflated...
Deborah Yaffe
- Oct 9, 2017
Serial-number currency
When is $13 worth $9,410? When it’s embodied in a low-serial-number Jane Austen banknote, apparently. Last week, the Bank of England...
Deborah Yaffe
- Sep 14, 2017
At last: The Austen tenner
It’s official: Starting today, Brits will be able to buy their tea, their scones -- even their books -- with a fistful of Jane Austen £10...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 5, 2017
Déjà vu all over again
I love the British press. When it comes to Jane Austen, they can manufacture a story out of the thinnest gossamer. Even recycled...
Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 24, 2017
Debuting the Austen tenner
Jane Austen spent years living in straitened circumstances and earned only modest sums from her work, completely missing the giant...
Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 6, 2017
Money money money
It’s been an entire month since I last mentioned Jane Austen and British currency in the same breath, so clearly it’s time for an update...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jan 2, 2017
A whirlwind new year for Janeites
Happy new year, Janeites! For us fans of Jane Austen, 2017 is a big year, the biggest since – well, since 2013, when we celebrated the...
Deborah Yaffe
- Nov 4, 2013
Picturing Austen
Pity the poor Bank of England. They had no idea what they were getting themselves into. Back in July, when the Bank announced plans to...
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