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
Today in History
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Freeze frame
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Ring of fire
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Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument anniversary
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Harvest time in the Palouse
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An iris garden in Tokyo, Japan
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Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges, Belgium
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Hut, hut, hike!
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AAPI Heritage Month & Lei Day
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And to think that I saw it in Cappadocia
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Celebrating Pi Day
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World Book Day
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Playa del Silencio, Spain
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World Hello Day
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Annivesary of the Wilderness Act of 1964
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