Jane Austen's Bath

Yesterday, instead of studying for my Jane Austen final, I decided to download an audio tour of Jane Austen's Bath and followed in her footsteps. It was fun discovering the city of Bath again, though the audio tour was a bit dry and didn't actually have much on Austen than it did on historical Bath. The tour started at Bath Abbey and took me through the entire city, ending up by the Assembly Rooms.
One stop was Sally Lunns House, the oldest house in Bath. This chair is a chair frequently used in Austen's time to travel around Bath. Usually this chairs would have poles on the bottom, which would be used to carry the chair around town. However, Jane Austen preferred to walk - as I was told by the audio guide.

The Pulteney Bridge is a famous landmark in Bath. The Pulteney Bridge is one of only four bridges in the world with shops across the full span on both sides.
However, Lara Place and Great Pulteney Street is a great Jane Austen landmark. At the end of the street is where Jane Austen once lived. In her writing, Jane Austen also situates two of her characters on these streets. The Allens, in Northanger Abbey, live on Great Pulteney Street, while Anne Elliot's cousin, from Persuasion, lives on Lara Place. Great Pulteney Street is also a famous filming location. Vanity  Fair and The Duchess were both filmed on this street. Just off Great Pulteney Street is Sydney Place where Jane Austen lived. Sydney Place was used during the filming of both Persuasion and Vanity Fair.

Great Pulteney Street

After the audio tour, I did some more Christmas shopping (along with food shopping for dinner - Spaghetti!!!).


I now only have six days left in Bath...