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Jeff Schreiber's avatar

I’d love to attend the conference and take in the healing wonders of your great city. Unfortunately not this time though but keep bringing more and I’ll get there. I see in my crystal ball a time where the name Dr Tess Lawrie prominently appears on the list of Bath’s citizens known for her service to the betterment of humanity.

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Elsa's avatar

About Jane Austen. She found Bath a horror - not because of the baths, but because of the dreadful demands of taking part in the superficial social life. Far from being a writer-in-residence, she wrote nothing while in Bath. I have read that, when it was announced, I believe by her father, that the family was moving to Bath, she fainted. The best thing about Bath, for Jane Austen, was leaving it. As soon as she left, she was prolific for the last years of her life.

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