Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… to social encounters and shopping, such as Milsom Street (one can think of its influence on the plots of some of Jane Austen ’s novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion ). In this respect, John Wood the Elder and his son John Wood the … by Christopher Anstey ( The New Bath Guide , 1766) and Tobias Smollett ( The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, 1771). Jane Austen , who spent some time in Bath, resented the superficial character of its social life and in Persuasion her …
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