Bath, England, September 2016
Located at 40 Gay Street in Bath, THE JANE AUSTEN CENTRE situated in an original Georgian townhouse, tells the story of
Jane’s life and her writing. From 1801 to 1806, Bath provides the settings to
two of Jane’s novels, Northanger Abbey
and Persuasion. The plots of her
novels often explore the dependence of female on marriage in the pursuit of
favorable social standing and economic security, the Genre of her writing, unlike the Victorian
Gothic, provides more of ethnography about English town life in the nineteenth
century.
Follow costumed ‘character’ guides, the
hallway beneath The Jane Austen Centre ground floor exhibit Jane Austen and her
family’s portraits, information of Bath and Regence society as well as
appropriate quotations from Jane Austen’s novels and letters. At the end of the
parlor, visitors are free to try on the dresses or suits of Austen’s time, to
test the ability to write with ink and quill, and witness the British
contemporary talented actors’ and actress’ notes toward the films they act
based on Austen’s novels.
After nearly an hour tour, upstairs on the
second floor is The Regency Tea Room, painted in maroon red, opens daily,
offers freshly baked scones, cakes and homemade sandwiches, and all served by
delightfully costumed staff. How can I miss this great opportunity to have teatime
in a historical townhouse since I am such both an Austen fan and heavy tea
drinker? The lovely staff offers me an ‘Opposite with Mr. Darcy’ table, later takes
order of ‘a set of Dashwood Tea’ . Immediately I reckon that Dashwood sisters
are the major characters in Austen’s novel, published in 1811; and in 1995,
directed by Ang Lee, based on the same title, the featured movie Sense and Sensibility won numerous
awards, inclusive of Oscar and Golden Bear.
Presenting on the round table covered with
ivory white cloth is the cream crispy cookies; secondly, the off-white teapot,
hot water container, silver-tone tea strainer and dishware accompanied with a
porcelain cup of blue rose, holding brown and white sugar cubes. My tea of the
day is supreme Darjeeling, so adding a brown cube or two would make the taste sweeter
but not too tried. Coming after the tea is homemade raisin bread topped with
butter, besides the porcelain enamel blue plate a mini jar of Wilkin & Sons
jam, for the change of flavor. The bread is well baked for the fulfillment, and
the tea is rich for the warmth of stomach, the whole visual pleasure of the
table set is cobalt blue, maroon red and ivory white plus a touch of golden
brown. I enjoy my very private tea moments with Mr. Darcy and see the sunshine
flittering through the window, only 5,95 GBP allows me travelling back to the
good old time.
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