Northanger Abbey Walking Tour Bath | StoryStride: Walking Tours

Northanger Abbey Walking Tour
Bath

Follow Catherine Morland through the balls, the shops, and the walks of Regency Bath — the city Austen used as a stage set for comedy, class anxiety, and the dangers of reading too many Gothic novels.

7 stops · 3.2 km

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Every Stop Has a Story

Where It Was Written

Jane Austen's Bath home, though she'd already written Northanger Abbey's sharp satire before she ever lived here.

The Allens' Address

The grand Pulteney Street lodgings Austen gave Catherine Morland's comfortably rich guardians.

The Social Engine

The social engine of Georgian Bath, where Catherine Morland learns the rules of the game.

The Tilneys' Lodgings

Bath's most fashionable shopping street, where Catherine first glimpses the Tilneys from across the road.

The Thorpes

The lodgings of the Thorpes, whose son John's careless lies to General Tilney set the novel's plot in motion.

The Upper Rooms

The ballroom where Catherine dances with Henry Tilney for the first time, under the era's strict courtship rules.

The Picturesque

The hillside where Henry Tilney lectures Catherine on the picturesque, just as her Gothic imagination starts running wild.

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