] Was Jane as devasted about moving as some have made out? Did she faint clean away at the news, or was she actually quite excited by the idea?

I imagine it must have been an unwelcome change to move from the countryside she loved into a city. I read that in her letters Jane described Bath as - and unfortunately this is just a paraphrase since I haven't got the book with me here at work - a noisy white glare. Also, the fact that she wasn't inspired to write during the 'city' years suggests that her artistic spirit didn't thrive in an urban environment.