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Samira Ahmed celebrates the life and work of Jane Austen, ahead of the 200th anniversary of her death.
As Jane Austen's portrait is chosen for the new £10 note, Samira Ahmed explores how money dominates her novels, visiting her home at Chawton in Hampshire.
John Mullan and Viv Groskop choose the best and worst Austen screen adaptations.
Plus, as Austen's final and unfinished novel Sanditon is being turned into a film, Samira talks to adaptor Simon Reade and Emma Clery, writer of Jane Austen - The Banker's Sister.
Presenter : Samira Ahmed
Producer : Dymphna Flynn.
By BBC Radio 44.4
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Samira Ahmed celebrates the life and work of Jane Austen, ahead of the 200th anniversary of her death.
As Jane Austen's portrait is chosen for the new £10 note, Samira Ahmed explores how money dominates her novels, visiting her home at Chawton in Hampshire.
John Mullan and Viv Groskop choose the best and worst Austen screen adaptations.
Plus, as Austen's final and unfinished novel Sanditon is being turned into a film, Samira talks to adaptor Simon Reade and Emma Clery, writer of Jane Austen - The Banker's Sister.
Presenter : Samira Ahmed
Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

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