Since there is no exact location mentioned of Bingley's residence in London, the marker is simply just placed in London. Mr. Bingley spent time at his London residence after Mr. Darcy told Bingley that Jane did not love him. Because of this Bingley left his Netherfield Park estate and went to his London residence.
LIT 4046 Romantic Literature: Austen (Fall 22 PLNU) Dashboard
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This is the COVE Editions group for our LIT 4046 Romantic Literature (Fall 22) class. This is the place where we will build our novel maps and Austen timeline.
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This is the location of Lady Catherine de Bourgh's estate. This is a marvelous estate and one that is very pleasing to the eye as we heard from Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is also Mr. Darcy's aunt. Mr. Collins is close by with his wife, Charlotte in thier Hunsford Parsonage home. In the novel Pride and Prejudice, Elizebeth vistsis her friend Charlotte at thier Hunsford Parsonage, where she runs into Mr. Darcy at Lady Catherine de Bourgh's dinner at her Rosings Park estate.
Brighton is where the Militia leaves to after being stationed in Meryton Village. This is where Lydia follows them and stays with Colonel and Mrs. Forster. It is from here that Lydia and Wickham run away to Gretna Green.
Elizabeth recounts the situation to Darcy after receiving word from Jane. "My youngest sister has left all her friends - has eloped; - has thrown herself into the power of - of Mr. Wickham. They are gone off together from Brighton"(251).
Gracechurch street is where Mr. and Mrs Gardiner's London home is located. This is where Jane comes to stay with them after the Gradiners notice that she is upset at losing the prospect of being with Bingley after he decides to spend the entirety of the winter in London, rather than Netherfield. We see later in the novel that Mr. Gardiner's connections in London make him a better candidate for finding Wickham and Lydia.
Pemberly is the estate of Darcy, it is located near the fictional town of Lambton in Derbyshire. Elizabeth joins the Gardiners to visit Pemberly, where they admire it's beauty, "They gradually ascended for half a mile, and then found themselves at the top of a considerable eminence, where the wood ceased, and the eye was intasntly caught by Pemberley House, situated on the opposite side of a valley, into which the road with some abruptness wound" (Austen. First Edition. pg. 259). Elizabeth would encounter Darcy and is amazed to see his pride change into tenderness. Elicabeth would feel grateful that Darcy forgave her misjudgments and harsh rejection. This is also the place where Elizabeth would get the horrible letters from Jane and about Wickham.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. First Edition. pg. 259. Edited by Robert P. Irvine, Broadview Press, 2002.
Netherfield is the name of an estate in Hertfordshire. It is owned by the Bingleys and their arrival was alerted by the Bennets, who live in the Longbourn estate. Mrs. Bennet wishes for her daughters to get married and that's why she sends her daughter Jane out in the rain, where she hopes to get aquainted over there. This would make Jane sick and thus she had to stay in Netherfield for some time, forcing Elizabeth to want to go take care of her sister. Once Jane recovers, Mrs. Bennet lies to her daughters saying their carriage won't pick them up, hoping that if her daughters stay there then they will be with Bingley, "But Mrs. Bennet, who had calculated on her daughters remaining at at Netherfield till the following Tuesday, which would exactly finish Jane's week, could not bring herself to receive them with pleasure before" (Austen. First Edition. pg. 94). But in the end, Mrs. Bennet is much disappointed when they return anyway. Foiling her plans and of course her husband could...
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