Follow in the footsteps of Jane Austen

Bath, Somerset

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Explore the city that inspired one of England’s most famous novel writers.

Download the free mp3 audio walking tour from Visit Bath to learn about how the city inspired Jane Austen when she lived there. It was in Bath that she created two of her most celebrated novels: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.

'In the Footsteps of Jane Austen' comes with an accompanying route map and takes you around the highlights of the city. Extracts from Jane’s novels and letters help bring to life Bath as it would have been in its Georgian heyday.

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