And of this place, I might have been Mistress

"And of this place," thought she, "I might have been mistress."

This was the musing of one Miss Elizabeth Bennet as she toured the grand house of Pemberley. Words in italics are direct quotes from Pride and Prejudice.

Pemberley is the ancestral home of the Darcy Family, currently overseen by Fitzwilliam Darcy, and includes a great house and large estate in Derbyshire. Based on both Darcy and Mrs. Gardiner’s recollections, Pemberley’s closest town is likely (fictional) Lambton, though it must also ...