Advantages: Develop a greater affinity with Jane Austen and her works, picture the scenes when reading her novels Disadvantages: None
...describe a scene from a Jane Austen novel, and their minds will dart to the BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" and they will think of Colin Firth walking along in his wet shirt in that scene I've just described. However, if you have read "Pride and Prejudice", you will find, that it doesn't matter how hard you look, when he meets Elizabeth at Pemberley, he doesn't have a wet shirt - someone in the BBC production team, added that bit to their ... ...how to visualise scenes from Jane Austen books hopefully in the way that she meant, and in fact, get more of a feel for her works. I visited Bath, or more specifically, I visited the Jane Austen centre and also went on the associated Jane Austen walking tour of Bath. ~~The Jane Austen Centre~~
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40 Gay Street - I came by train, and basically I just had to keep walking north, and it's sandwiched between Queen's Square and The Circus.
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northern_lights 04.12.2003
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Advantages: Excellent staff and talk Disadvantages: Can only entertain for hour or 2.
The Jane Austen Centre is easy to find, signposted throughout Central Bath and a 15 minute walk approx. from the train station. The price was £6 for adults, with reductions for Students, children etc. When you purchase your tickets, you are advised to begin your visit by listening to one of the short introductory talks. These take place 3 times per hour so you won't have long to wait. The talk lasts about 10-15 minutes. The speaker we saw was excellent ... ...the audience found it difficult to keep up if English was not their first language. During the talk we also had the opportunity to look at relevant pictures and documents. The talk gave details of Austen's life(particularly time in Bath), family and literary career and provided interesting detail and insight. We were then shown down to the exhibtion. It wasn't as extensive as I was expecting. The space is also fairly cramped so wouldn't be ideal ...
Kateb8 30.08.2007
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Had a lovely time here. The people were friendly right from the start and made me feel welcome. Learn't a lot about Jane austen, bath and her family.
I enjoyed the introductory talk and especially liked my tea and cakes in their new tea room upstairs. ...
thetraveller10 14.12.2008
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