Winchester residents: We don't need a Jane Austen statue

Jane Austen fans almost had another pilgrimage spot, but local residents have nixed it.

Winchester, England, already boasts the house that the Pride and Prejudice author died in and her gravestone, but the local cathedral had been seeking funds to build a statue of her as well.

Read more about the sculpture that could have been in the Guardian.

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