The Queen's English
Chatsworth House- Bakewell, Derbyshire.
“The eye was instantly caught by Pemberley House, situated on the opposite side of the valley into which the road into some abruptness wound.”
“It was a large, handsome, stone building standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills; and in front, a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater, but without any artificial appearance. Its banks were neither formal, nor falsely adorned.”
~Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice.
In the film 'Pride and Prejudice', Chatsworth was used as Pemberley House, the residence of Mr. Darcy. It is believed that Jane Austen may have based her idea of Pemberley on Chatsworth House as she wrote the novel while in Bakewell.
Chatsworth was also mentioned in the novel as one of the estates Elizabeth Bennet visits before arriving at Pemberley.
Source: Chatsworth House.
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