“Trailblazing English novelist Jane Austen lived in Bath for five years, from 1801 to 1806. During that time in the famed spa city of England, she would have witnessed theatrical performances by famous actors, attended balls, and read about slavery and the slave trade, said associate professor Nicole Aljoe, who is spending the summer retracing the Bath Austen would have known.”
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Uncovering the story behind Jane Austen’s novels, 200 years later
