Comments on: Jane Austen in Bath: Where to live?

By: Jane Austen in Bath: Trim Street « austenonly

Jane Austen in Bath: Trim Street « austenonly — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:15:41 +0000

[...] The Austen ladies then took what they hoped would be temporary lodgings right in the very heart and bustle of Bath in Trim Street. A place Cassandra Austen had once hoped they might never inhabit…. [...]

By: Jane Austen in Bath: Sydney Place « austenonly

Jane Austen in Bath: Sydney Place « austenonly — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:09:37 +0000

[...] …the Austens took the lease of number 4 Sydney Place. This was, as you will recall, one of the places Jane Austen favoured when they were house hunting, in her letter of January 1801. [...]

By: Cathy Allen

Cathy Allen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:59:56 +0000

Certainement, mon amie; Looking forward to it.
Till then,
CEA

By: Alexa Adams

Alexa Adams — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:24:00 +0000

This letter always reminds me of the Dashwood ladies’ search for a new home, especially Mrs. Austen’s inclination to favor a house she has never seen inside (which just seems like a Mrs. Dashwood/Marianne kind of thing to do). I wish all my copies of Austen’s letters and her bios included maps like this; for those of us who have never been so privileged as to visit Bath, they are excessively helpful. Thanks!

By: jfwakefield

jfwakefield — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:17:44 +0000

Thanks Cathy.

Can I leave Trim Street fora while-I’ll be coming back to it soon to talk about the time the Austen ladies lived there, next week?

By: Cathy Allen

Cathy Allen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:27:11 +0000

I believe I’ve got to stop rating everything “Excellent.” I have no where to go above that, and yet they are all excellent. I guess I just have to say this one is MORE excellent than usual. I really enjoyed this 1801 trip around Bath with my friend, Julie, and her friend, Jane, looking for a new home.

I do have one question: What was wrong with Trim Street for Cassandra? I do hope you haven’t already mentioned this at some point, and, keep in mind that I’m a neophyte Janeite, so if it’s something I should already know, I blush to disclose that I do NOT!

Thank you,
CEA