All About Pemberley

Every disposition of the ground was good; and she looked on the whole scene, the river, the trees scattered on its banks, and the winding of the valley, as far as she could trace it.

So why Pemberley?

Kinda an odd name choice for a new apartment, don't you think? For the uninitiated, Pemberley is the fictional country estate owned by the quintessential Regency hero, Mr Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Certainly not coined by me if that's what you're thinking.

Since a friend of ours - the Legal Beagle - has dubbed his palatial abode Kensington, Charming Calvin has decided to christen his new, much humbler home Pemberley. Probably in honour of the first Regency novel ( first unabridged novel?! ) he ever completed. Or at least I think he's close to the final chapter.

A commendable effort, I must say!


Master of all he surveys?
Then again, maybe Calvin was thinking of the book when he bought the apartment.

From dithering home owners to inattentive solicitors, from meddling mates to flighty salespeople, Pemberley was an apartment sale quite as fraught with drama as the much-lauded novel itself. Not to mention the marked disparity of wealth that exists between the numerous characters involved. Unfortunately this particular rewrite came with a serious lack of dashing heroes such as Fitzwilliam Darcy. Unless you'd content yourself with a shlock like me.

Don't see Calvin in the guise of the feisty ( though ultimately prejudiced ) Elizabeth Bennet though!

Isn't it odd that Charming Calvin - the fellow who went through the Chinese-medium school system - is the one to pick a thoroughly English name such as Pemberley? While I would have chosen something like Serene Villa of a Thousand Blossoms. Or been content with the Mansion of Heavenly Peace and Splendour.