---
type: misc
title: Pemberley
description: Fitzwilliam Darcy's estate in Derbyshire, worth ten thousand a year.
resource: raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt
tags:
- pemberley
- derbyshire
- gentry
timestamp: '2026-07-16T18:15:29Z'
citadel_version: 0.3.0
---

Pemberley is [Fitzwilliam Darcy](../persons/fitzwilliam-darcy.md)'s estate in Derbyshire.[^s1]
[George Wickham](../persons/george-wickham.md) calls it "a noble one," worth "a clear ten thousand
per annum."[^s1] Darcy tells [Caroline Bingley](../persons/caroline-bingley.md) that its library
"has been the work of many generations."[^s2] Wickham's father managed the Pemberley property for
the late Mr. Darcy.[^s3] [Mrs. Gardiner](../persons/mrs-gardiner.md) had, before her marriage,
spent considerable time in the part of Derbyshire near Pemberley and known the late Mr. Darcy by
reputation.[^s4]

Touring Derbyshire with the Gardiners, [Elizabeth Bennet](../persons/elizabeth-bennet.md) visits
Pemberley itself: "a large, handsome stone building, standing well on rising ground," its rooms
furnished with "less of splendour, and more real elegance, than the furniture of
[Rosings](../misc/rosings-park.md)."[^s5] The housekeeper, Mrs. Reynolds, shows the party through
the house, praising Darcy at length as master and landlord.[^s6] Darcy himself, arriving a day
before he was expected, later invites the Gardiners and Elizabeth to dinner at Pemberley before
they leave the country.[^s7]

[Georgiana Darcy](../persons/georgiana-darcy.md) remains at Pemberley until Christmas, with a Mrs.
Annesley as her companion, while Darcy pursues Elizabeth in Hertfordshire.[^s8] After Elizabeth and
Darcy marry, Pemberley becomes Georgiana's permanent home, and [Mr. Bennet](../persons/mr-bennet.md)
takes to visiting often, "especially when he was least expected."[^s9]

## See also

- [Fitzwilliam Darcy](../persons/fitzwilliam-darcy.md)
- [George Wickham](../persons/george-wickham.md)
- [Elizabeth Bennet](../persons/elizabeth-bennet.md)
- [Mr. Gardiner](../persons/mr-gardiner.md)
- [Georgiana Darcy](../persons/georgiana-darcy.md)
- [Mr. Bennet](../persons/mr-bennet.md)

## Sources

[^s1]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 3527-3529 — Pemberley's income, per Wickham (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s2]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 2036-2037 — Darcy on the Pemberley library (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s3]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 3673-3677 — Wickham's father's stewardship of Pemberley, attributed to Wickham (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s4]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 5873-5876 — Mrs. Gardiner's earlier residence near Pemberley (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s5]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 9320-9321; 9349-9351 — the house's appearance and furnishing (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s6]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 9337-9338; 9440-9441 — Mrs. Reynolds shows the party through Pemberley (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s7]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 9951-9952 — Darcy invites the Gardiners and Elizabeth to dinner at Pemberley (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s8]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 12751-12756 — Georgiana remaining at Pemberley with Mrs. Annesley (ingested 2026-07-16)
[^s9]: [raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt](../../raw/pride-and-prejudice.txt), lines 14408-14410; 14489-14490 — Pemberley becomes Georgiana's home and Mr. Bennet's visits (ingested 2026-07-16)
