A fine house richly furnished: pemberley and the visiting of country houses. (Conference Papers).(landscape and architecture in the novels of Jane Austen)(Critical Essay)

From: Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: Clarke, Stephen | Copyright information

Stephen Clarke is a London lawyer and architectural historian. His articles on landscape gardening and architectural issues in Jane Austen's novels have appeared in recent issues of Persuasions.

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IN JUNE 1792 JOHN BYNG was touring the north of England, travelling on horseback with his servant, "to view old castles, old manors and old religious houses, before they be quite gone; and that I may compare the ancient structures, and my ideas of their tast...

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