When Jane Austen visited Bath in 1799, she wrote to her sister, Cassandra, that her “first view” of the city in southwestern England had been “just as gloomy as it was last November ...

Participants in the Jane Austen Regency Costumed Parade in Bath, England, in 2017 Matt Cardy / Getty Images When Jane Austen visited Bath in 1799, she wrote to her sister, Cassandra, that her ...