tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post8725876220640173440..comments2023-11-04T21:26:59.215+08:00Comments on Becoming Jane Fansite: Jane and Tom’s Rendezvous in BathIchahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11201156394951497511noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-52699542317201671092007-08-02T09:04:00.000+08:002007-08-02T09:04:00.000+08:00Anonymous, I respect your wish to remain incognito...Anonymous, I respect your wish to remain incognito. Thanks for the Hill reference, anyway, I remembered that I had it about two days ago, but went to Basingstoke reference instead (been meaning to write one).<BR/><BR/>Also, last night I was just reading Maggie Lane's Bath, a very charming little book. <BR/><BR/>I should really take a JA pilgrimage one day...Ichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201156394951497511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-43730490788704703822007-08-02T00:25:00.000+08:002007-08-02T00:25:00.000+08:00From Constance Hill's book, Batsford edition (1923...From Constance Hill's book, Batsford edition (1923):<BR/> <BR/><I>In Miss Austen's day the "White Hart" and the "York House." were the chief inns and coaching houses of Bath. The "White Hart" stood in Stall Street facing the Pump Room. It was pulled down in 1867, and replaced by a big modern hotel. We have, however, seen a print of the old inn that hangs in the Pump Room, in which it is represented as a large flat stone building with a pillared portico in the centre, upon which stands the figure of a white hart. As we looked at the long rows of windows in the print, we wondered which of them belonged to the spacious parlour occupied by the Musgrove family, in which the momentous scene in "Persuasion" took place, [Page 119] when Captain Wentworth, overhearing Anne Elliot's words to Captain Harville, writes the letter to her which reopens a world of happiness to them both.</I> <BR/><BR/>This is the on-line edition of the book- you can look in Google for it.<BR/><BR/>Also, one of the Inns which was on the main coaching route from London to Salisbury/Exeter, which went through Basingstoke, was called the White Hart. It was at Worting, which is partway between Basingstoke and Dean Gate (the Steventon/Dean junction). The Inn no longer exists, but Worting House still does. It's an interesting place, that in Jane's time was lived in by the Edwards family, and was owned by the Bigg-Withers. It is possible that Jane stayed there overnight whilst attending the Basingstoke Assemblies. All of which becomes very interesting when you've seen it all, and then read <I> The Watsons.</I> The old road still goes straight from Dean Gate right into the centre of Basingstoke. It goes past Oakley Hall-that-was, and also past a junction to a small estate interestingly named Malsanger. Which has its own "ruined" castle, amongst other things.<BR/><BR/>And no, I'm not giving references.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-69249425023743306202007-08-01T19:28:00.000+08:002007-08-01T19:28:00.000+08:00It only appears difficult to read at first, if you...It only appears difficult to read at first, if you stick with it, it is packed with wonders. It was where she warmed up to write _Emma_.Arnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-10885538832909161622007-08-01T09:23:00.000+08:002007-08-01T09:23:00.000+08:00Mmm... yes... Thanks Arnie. I think Mansfield Park...Mmm... yes... Thanks Arnie. I think Mansfield Park is the least interesting Austen book to read, but actually it's rather Dickensian, eh? Anyway, I found the Penguin 'Lady Susan, the Watson and Sanditon' in the local bookstore. I want to buy it, particularly for the unfinished Sanditon.Ichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201156394951497511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-77647234738684207522007-08-01T01:09:00.000+08:002007-08-01T01:09:00.000+08:00Bath is mentioned 7 times in Mansfield Park, but i...Bath is mentioned 7 times in Mansfield Park, but it is never the scene of any of the action of the story, it is a place where all the characters other than the Bertrams go from time to time, but not the Bertrams themselves.Arnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-7677483668670873052007-07-31T20:02:00.000+08:002007-07-31T20:02:00.000+08:00Thanks for the encouragement, Michelle ;-)I just f...Thanks for the encouragement, Michelle ;-)<BR/><BR/>I just found out that Bath was also mentioned many times in Mansfield Park. I'm rather ashamed to admit that I have not read MP, only watched the movie... so I guess the next thing to do (if time permits) is to decipher Mansfield Park...Ichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201156394951497511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-89830387320269451062007-07-31T19:44:00.000+08:002007-07-31T19:44:00.000+08:00Please, continue! This is amazing reading!Please, continue! This is amazing reading!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-84829483601378882952007-07-31T10:42:00.000+08:002007-07-31T10:42:00.000+08:00Arnie, I'm doomed. Do you know how PERSISTENT the ...Arnie, I'm doomed. Do you know how PERSISTENT the couple are?! If not Jane today, it is Tom who bugs me with any ideas or breadcrumbs to trace. Then I glare at him, telling him to shut up and leave me with my student works. He does shut up... and read a book instead.<BR/><BR/>But then Jane comes chirping in and gives me more tales to tell!Ichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201156394951497511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-58103305455762149012007-07-31T10:27:00.000+08:002007-07-31T10:27:00.000+08:00Icha, I am beginning to think you are as obsessive...Icha, I am beginning to think you are as obsessive about Jane Austen as I am---welcome to the club! ;)Arnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-76453313654288359362007-07-31T08:01:00.000+08:002007-07-31T08:01:00.000+08:00PDA, mate... it's called Bat-PDA. He always carrie...PDA, mate... it's called Bat-PDA. He always carries it with him, or sometimes even a small laptop. Plus, like me, he has his own librarian. Her name is Oracle (former Batgirl Barbara Gordon) and always supplies him anything real-time.<BR/><BR/>I'm really starting to feel like one of the Lady Detectives in action!Ichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201156394951497511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-79030733839638765432007-07-31T02:00:00.000+08:002007-07-31T02:00:00.000+08:00If Batman had been born in the Internet era, he'd ...If Batman had been born in the Internet era, he'd have been too busy doing what I'm doing to ever leave the Batcave. ;)Arnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-82156466709202582882007-07-30T09:10:00.000+08:002007-07-30T09:10:00.000+08:00Aww... C'mon, Batsy! Stop teasing me and fire it o...Aww... C'mon, Batsy! Stop teasing me and fire it out! What's in there that I didn't see? Or, what ARE other clues that I missed? Surely I've missed some... Emma is, as you say, too deep!<BR/><BR/>I call u Batsy because you sound so much like Batman, the world's greatest detective. Yeah, am a comic freak as well... Batman has a very good nose (and a charming one, that is) for minute hidden details...<BR/><BR/>You're really 'bugging' me, Arnie, in a good way :-DIchahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201156394951497511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-57574712267155730332007-07-29T23:37:00.000+08:002007-07-29T23:37:00.000+08:00Icha,If you understood the metaphorical significan...Icha,<BR/><BR/>If you understood the metaphorical significance of Jane catching a "cold" in _Emma_, it would add a whole additional dimension to your ingenious constructions. Think about it. ;)<BR/><BR/>As for Bath in Emma, there is a whole additional layer of significance there, which has to do with Frank and the woman (not Jane Fairfax) whom he meets there. <BR/>But for that, you have to guess one of the key threads of the shadow story of _Emma_.<BR/><BR/>You are barking up many good trees, but your nose is not yet quite ready to interpret the scents you have detected. ;)<BR/><BR/>Keep it up, though!Arnie Perlsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720424361279466002noreply@blogger.com