City recreates Jane Austen’s world on 250th anniversary

Jane Austen tour guide Theresa Roche
Jane Austen tour guide Theresa Roche has studied the author and her life for years

People who love sharing their passion for the world of Jane Austen say they have been busier than ever preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the author’s birth.

Theresa Roche is a Jane Austen walking tour guide, as well as a historian and actress. She said she finds the whole era fascinating.

“My guests feel that they’re living in it. Especially if they wear the costumes. I believe they feel that they’re truly back in time. The architecture was designed to make Bath the premier resort of frivolity and fashion of the 18th Century.”

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