Lower Thirds:

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0:28	Georgia Delve | Festival Director

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Donned in their finest empire-line dresses and bonnets, 

Revellers in Bath took a trip back in time to mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.   

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The English city - where Austen lived for several years -- hosts the world's largest and longest running festival celebrating the writer.  

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+++JANE AUSTEN FESTIVAL DIRECTOR, GEORGIA DELVE+++

So much of her is within the city. We have her character names as streets in the city. Two of her novels are based here, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. Jane Austen herself visited Bath many times and stayed in various places around it. So you can walk past where she would have lived. Walk in the footsteps of her characters. 

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Austen's books have sold an estimated 30 million copies and are still studied around the world ...praised for their sharp wit and wry analysis of domestic Regency life.

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+++VOX POPS+++

I love her for putting out these stories and her opinion on how it affected women and also how society saw women during that time period. 

I love Jane Austen because she's just a time capsule into, you know, the Regency period. (She) catalogs it so well, I love the, you know, the manners, the etiquette, the issues that were going on for men and women in that day.

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Over two thousand costumed enthusiasts enjoyed promanading through the city as Austen herself would have done over two-centuries ago... 

Kicking off the 10-day festival full of pride and no predjudice. 

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