Recently while re-reading Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, I was struck by the description of Pemberley, the stately home of the novel’s hero, Mr. Darcy. Although Jane Austen could not possibly have known feng shui, she nevertheless choose an idealic setting for Pemberley according to Form School feng shui, thus showing how much feng shui is a natural instinct. Read on!
Elizabeth as they drove along, watched for the first appearance of Pemberley Woods with some perturbation; and when at length they turned in at the lodge, her spirits were in a high flutter.
The park was very large, and contained a great variety of ground. They entered it in one of its lowest points, and drove for some time through a beautiful wood, stretching over a wide extent.
Elizabeth’s mind was too full for conversation, but she saw and admired every remarkable spot and point of view. 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 instantly caught by Pemberley House, standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills – and in front, a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater, but without any artificial appearance. Its banks were neither formal, nor falsely adorned. Elizabeth was delighted. She had never seen a place for which nature had done more, or where natural beauty had been so little counteracted by an awkward taste. They were all of them warm in their admiration; and at that mment she felt, that to be mistress of Pemberley might be something!
An idea building site according to Form School theory is a site that is backed by a hill or mountain, with a stream or lake in front, and an expansive view; as well as smaller hills on either side of the dwelling.
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