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1800s: For every fan who has wished Jane Austen herself might have enjoyed the romance and happy ending she so carefully crafted for all her heroines…
The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen
What you need to know before your trail
What if the tale Jane Austen told in her last, most poignant novel was inspired by momentous events in her own life? Did she in fact intend Persuasion to stand forever in homage to her one true love? While creating Persuasion, Jane Austen also kept a private journal in which she recorded the story behind the story – her real-life romance with a navy captain of her own. The parallel could only go so far, however. As author of her characters’ lives, but not her own, Jane Austen made sure to fashion a second chance and happy ending for Anne and Captain Wentworth. Then, with her novel complete and her health failing, she prepared her simple will and resigned herself to never seeing the love of her life again. Yet fate, it seems, wasn’t quite finished with her. Nor was Captain Devereaux. The official record says that Jane Austen died at 41, having never been married. But what if that’s only what she wanted people to believe? It’s time she, through her own private journal, revealed the rest of her story.
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Jane Austen’s Bath
There are many places in and around Bath to visit in order to see Jane Austen’s World but to be fair, you feel as if you’re walking in a novel just by being in the city. The houses, gardens spas and the bookshops selling all the Austen books, not to mention the people dressed in period costume who work at the various attractions
A few more places of interest
Luckington Court was the Bennet family home in the BBC’s 1995 cult adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.
Pemberley is grander but just as recognisable
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen
Destination: Bath Author/Guide: Shannon Winslow Departure Time: 1800s
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