The setting where Gemma Hardy begins her journey in Margot Livesey's The Flight of Gemma Hardy (2012). This novel is a modern homage and reimagining of Brontë's Jane Eyre. Yew House, the residence in Gemma Hardy, mirrors Jane's unhappy childhood at Gateshead Hall in the beginning of Brontë's novel.

After their wedding, Antoinette and Mr. Rochester move to Grainbois, Dominica to celebrate their marriage where Antoinette's family owns an estate. The estate, according to Mr. Rochester's point of view, is "more awkward than ugly, a little sad as if it knew it could not last" (Rhys 42). Mr. Rochester is underwhelmed by the state of the home, acknowledging that the house itself "looked like an imitation of an English summer house-- four wooden posts and a thatched roof" (42). Prior to being underwhelmed by the estate house, Mr.

Here in Warsaw is where a young Frederic Chopin spent his formative years, completing his training as a pianist. The Chopin family was not initally centered at this apartment, but were spurred into moving here by the death of the youngest daughter, Emilia, from tuberculosis. Frederic lived here from 1827-1830 with his famliy, after which he left Poland for Paris, France. The Parlor became a museum dedicated to Chopin in 1954, and has since closed in 2014. 

It was here that in 1805, the bill providing for the abolition of the slave trade was passed. Parliament is a bicameral "two chambers" legislature. The earliest beginnings of the Houses' were in the 8th century, where it was first convened in 1215, as the result of the creation of the Magna Carta. This ruling established rights for barons to serve as consultants to the king on governmental issues in his Great Council. From a series of legislative acts known as "Reform Acts" changes were made when it came to the legislative process and composition of parliament.