Adepts of "Pride and Prejudice" and other novels of Jane Austen , go to Bath this year to celebrate the English author. If she has lived there for only five years, there is no better place to get a glimpse of her life and her inspirations. And if Bath Spa pays tribute to it every year around a Festival that takes place in September, the year 2017 looks very special since we are celebrating its 200th anniversary. Walk along the authentic streets of the city, which have not changed so much since his time ...

  • The 25 Gay Street

Jane Austen lived there with her mother and sister, and is the first place she has lived in Bath. They rented a room after the death of their father who had made Bath their ideal city for holidays.

  • The Royal crescent

This crescent-shaped building designed by architect John Wood in 1775 (author's birth year) is one of the most emblematic buildings in the city of Bath. Inspiring and majestic, he strongly inspired Jane Austen who loved to go there. In her novel "The Abbey of Northanger", the heroine Catherine is there very often and one readily discovers the details evoked in the book. If Jane Austen was great, it was also because her sister lived at number 12 with her husband. They were the first tenants of the address.

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  • The "gravel walk"

In other words, the gravel driveway, the gravel walk is a road established after the construction of the Royal Crescent, so that the inhabitants and visitors of Bath easily travel from the center to the Royal Crescent and vice versa. The path now offers a nice shaded walk in the park, before joining the rough streets.

  • The 13 Queen Square

Jane Austen lived at this address with her mother and her elder brother in 1799. Giving on a pretty garden garden square, the place was invested in the summer, to enjoy the beautiful days and thermal baths located nearby.

  • Union Street

Today, it is one of the busiest shopping streets in Bath. Jane Austen often traveled to the Pump Room at the very end. In his novel "The Abbey of Northanger", several events take place at Union Street, which flows on Milsom Street where some of his characters reside.

  • Laura Place and Pulteney Bridge

As in time, the street and the bridge Pulteney as well as the place Laura are evoked in two of his novels: "The Abbey of Northanger" and "Persuasion". His heroes live there or walk around, and the place is recognized when the author's descriptions are recalled.

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  • Pump Room

Located in the center of Bath, opposite the Abbey, the "Pump Room" is nothing but the marine thermal baths that the inhabitants have always invested in. Jane Austen had her habits alone or with her family, and made this place a must-see place for some characters in her novels. The Bath Baths offer various places, relaxing areas at the restaurant corner and tea room.

  • Jane Austen Center

Although Jane Austen did not live in this house located at 40 Gay Street, it has nevertheless been restored as such. As a playful museum, through videos, texts, outfits of the time and of course the works of Jane Austen, one discovers to what extent the city of Bath inspired her in her life, and also for the writing of his novels. After this visit, you will have only one desire: you plunge back into his books.

  • Le 4 Sydney Place

Here again is one of the residences of Jane Austen in Bath, the only one that specifies it with a plaque. It was here that she lived with her sister Cassandra and her parents. It is also here that they spent the most time there, since they remained three in, of the five years lived in Bath.