Saturday, December 20, 2025

In the Footsteps of Jane Austen


I spent a semester in Bath England, during which I got to see some amazing sights:

In Bath: 
1. The Assembly Rooms where Jane Austen danced (top right) and the fashion museum
2. The Pump Room where people would go to "drink" the water and be seen
3. The streets where she would walk and shop
4. The Roman Baths
5. The Jane Austen Museum
6. The Royal Crescent and the Circus 
7. Bath Abbey 
8. Sally Lunn's Buns

I wasn't as adventurous as I should have been and I'm hoping to travel back there soon.
There was also an outbreak of foot and mouth while I was there, so some places were off limits. 

Chawton Cottage (bottom left)
I saw the famous small desk and chair where she wrote
2. The Gardens (middle right)

Winchester:
The outside of the house where she died (see pictured above bottom right). It's a private home.
The Cathedral where she's buried and where there's a floor slab dedicated to her

First Edition:
The middle picture happened a few years later, that's a first edition of Pride and Prejudice. 

Places to see before I die:
Chatsworth 
Lyme-Regis and that staircase
The Peak District 
Steventon 

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