 People would gather in the rooms in the evening for balls and other public functions , or simply to play cards . Mothers and chaperones bringing their daughters to Bath for the social season , hoping to marry them off to a suitable husband , would take their charge to such events where , very quickly , one might meet all the eligible men currently in the City . At one concert in 1779 , attended by around 800 ladies and gentlemen , 60 members of the nobility were present . During the season , which ran from October to June , at least two balls a week were held , in addition to a range of concerts and other events . Scenes such as this feature in the novels of Jane Austen , who lived in Bath with her parents and sister from 1801 to 1805 . Her two novels set in Bath , Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , were published in 1818 and both mention the Assembly Rooms : 
 People would gather in the rooms in the evening for balls and other public functions , or simply to play cards . Mothers and chaperones bringing their daughters to Bath for the social season , hoping to marry them off to a suitable husband , would take their charge to such events where , very quickly , one might meet all the eligible men currently in the City . At one concert in 1779 , attended by around 800 ladies and gentlemen , 60 members of the nobility <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> present . During the season , which ran from October to June , at least two balls a week <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> held , in addition to a range of concerts and other events . Scenes such as this feature in the novels of Jane Austen , <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>lived in Bath with her parents and sister from 1801 to 1805 . Her two novels set in Bath , Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> published in 1818 and both mention the Assembly Rooms : 
People would gather in the rooms in the evening fir balls and other public functions , or simply to play cards . Mothers and chaperones bringin their daughters to Bath fa the social season , hopin to marry them offf to a suitable husband , would take their charge to such events where , very quickly , one mite meet all da eligible men currently in the City . At one concert in 1779 , attended by around 800 ladies and gentlemen , 60 members of the nobility was present . durin the season , which ran from October to June , at least 2 balls a week was held , in addition to a range of concerts and other events . Scenes such as this feature in tdanovels of Jane Austen , lived in Bath with her parents and sister from 1801 to 1805 . Her two novels set in Bath , Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , was published in 1818 and both mention the Assembly Rooms :