Bath, in southwestern England, was the first home Jane Austen knew away from her tiny village when she moved here at about age 25. Though the author only lived in Bath from 1801 to 1806 and did little writing here, no doubt this spa city on the River Avon gave her inspiration. After all, Bath was a popular resort at the time for Britain"s upper crust—the posh, mannered society types whom Austen satirized so wittily in novels like "Pride and Prejudice."
Celebrating all things Austen
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The first ascent
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Poppies in bloom
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National Pumpkin Day
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Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
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Surf s up—Down Under
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Tesla, the visionary
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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