West Country Jane Austen

Fans of the 1995 adaptation will recognise Luckington Court, which is a Grade II* listed property

The books were bought for around £5,000 in the 1970s and 1980s and are due to be sold at auction in Gloucestershire.

A popular museum in Bath that celebrates the life and works of the author Jane Austen has begun a crowd-funding appeal to help it through the coronavirus crisis