British History Culture Leisure time in the 18th 19th centuries
A short listening exercise for the TEFL classroom about leisure time in the 18th 19th centuries. Bath In the 18th century leisure was something only enjoyed by the wealthy. Those who were enough would travel for twentyfour hours by horsedrawn coach to leave the noise and dirt of London and spend a few months in places like Bath. With its grand balls and social functions Bath soon became the most place in England; its visitors included Queen Anne herself, Lord Nelson and the novelist Jane Austen (below right), who set two of her books in and around the city. The impressive architecture from this period was the work of the father and son John Wood the Elder and John Wood the Younger. John Wood the Elders masterpiece is the Circus, a which was inspired by the Coliseum in Rome, and his son added the magnificent Royal Crescent nearby. Although it contains thirty separate houses it was designed to look like a grand palace. Pultney Bridge (above), design
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