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Jane Austen: 'Inspirational to women'

Bath celebrates Jane Austen's 200th anniversary

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Bath is famous for Romans, a half decent rugby club and of course...Jane Austen. This year the town is marking the 200th anniversary of her death.

Jackie Herring, historian and director of the Jane Austen festival in Bath and Lucy Worsley, historian and author of Jane Austen at Home: A Biography, discuss why Jane Austin is an "inspiration to women".

(Image: Jane Austen, credit: PA)

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