Persuasion
by jane austen
Bath will be the destination to meet and talk about Persuasion by Jane Austen, the city where the Austen family lived for many years and Persuasion is partly set.
At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, but, above all, it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities.
We will talk about the book over dinner in The Ivy restraurant in Bath, the kind of place you could imagine Jane eating if she were in Bath today. Dinner is included in the trip cost.
We will visit the sites of Bath and soak up the atmosphere of the beautiful city, little changed since Jane lived there and used for the film version of many of her books.
It is all about being socialable and making new friends. Enjoying Bath with new people that you already have a shared interest with.
ITINERARY
Saturday 16th September
We will meet at Mokoko coffee shop right by the Roman Baths where we can enjoy a welcome coffee and meet each other before we set off to explore Bath.I will then take us all on a tour of many of the sites of Bath, soaking up the stunning architecture of Bath’s most picturesque crescents, theaters, and squares. Highlights include the Guildhall, Bath Assembly Rooms, Royal Crescent, Bath Street, the Abbey and more. The walk will take approx 2 hours and will finish at the Jane Austen centre.
Here we have a break at the Regency Tea Room, where we will enjoy Lady Catherine's Proper Cream Tea (A traditional serving of warm scones served with delectable Dorset clotted cream, scrumptious seasonal jam and your choice of tea or coffee.)
After our cream tea, you will be free to enjoy the Jane Austen centre at your leisure. The Jane Austen Centre offers you a snapshot of life during Regency times and explores how living in the city of Bath affected Jane Austen and her writing.
In the evening I have booked a table for us all at The Ivy, a restaurant that retains much of the splendour of a bygone age, where we will chat about the book and Jane Austen over a meal. It is not a formal book club meeting at all. Just a relaxed conversation about the book, that you are welcome to simply listen to if you would prefer.
Sunday 17th September
For those that are going to spend a day or two in Bath, Sunday will be ideal for visiting the Roman Baths, visit the spa or take a river cruise.
Dressing up in the Jane Austen centre
Some of us on our tour around the sites of Bath
THE COST
Included in the cost of the trip:-
- Entrance ticket to the Jane Austen centre
- Cream tea at the Jane Austen centre
- Dinner at the Ivy restaurant where we will discuss the book !
- A welcome drink at Mokoko cafe before our walk begins
- Walking tour of Bath
Complete the booking form below, after which you will be taken to Paypal where you can pay with a credit/debit card or a Paypal account. Alternatively, you can pay via Bank Transfer.