Bath, in southwestern England, was the first home Jane Austen knew away from her tiny village when she moved here at about age 25. Though the author only lived in Bath from 1801 to 1806 and did little writing here, no doubt this spa city on the River Avon gave her inspiration. After all, Bath was a popular resort at the time for Britain"s upper crust—the posh, mannered society types whom Austen satirized so wittily in novels like "Pride and Prejudice."
Celebrating all things Austen
Today in History
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Traffic jam on the caribou highway
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Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
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World Lion Day
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Harvest season begins
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World Elephant Day
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Trullo buildings in Alberobello, Apulia, Italy
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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Zion National Park turns 103
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Panda Day
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Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
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Barn owl, England
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A bridge of Madison County
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Celebrating National Dentist Day
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The largest living organism on Earth
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Black History Month
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World Childrens Day
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Where the glow of the holidays lingers
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Listening to the sea
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Guiding ships to safety
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A unique perspective from Italy’s ‘golden sands’
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Borovets ski resort in Bulgaria
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World Childrens Day
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A walk among the giants
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Monarch butterflies migrate south
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Leopard at Etosha National Park, Namibia
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Bright and colorful peacock feathers
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Poppies in bloom
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Brown-throated three-toed sloth in cecropia tree, Costa Rica
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Long-eared owl in the Czech Republic
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A showcase for future fame
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