The house that will stand in for Rosings Park in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE has been selected in Lincolnshire:

The new Working Title Films production, featuring Pirates of the Caribbean and Love Actually star Keira Knightley, will be partly shot at Burghley House, near Stamford.

Filming takes place on July 19, 20 and 21.

If you’re in that area, mark your calendars! We’d love a report from the set. (Two words: Camera Phone.)

Mr. Collins will most likely bend poor Mr. Bennet’s ear over The Heaven Room:

“The Heaven Room will definitely be featured. It’s pretty amazing, all of the walls and the ceiling are covered by a painting by 17th century artist Antonio Verrio - it depicts a mythical vision of heaven, showing the Gods at work.”

And perhaps Lady Catherine scolding the villagers into harmony and plenty?

“The Rosings of the novel is a breathtaking and intimidating building that fills Elizabeth with trepidation,” he said.

From Pride and Prejudice, Vol. II Ch. VI (29):

Every park has its beauty and its prospects; and Elizabeth saw much to be pleased with, though she could not be in such raptures as Mr. Collins expected the scene to inspire, and was but slightly affected by his enumeration of the windows in front of the house, and his relation of what the glazing altogether had originally cost Sir Lewis De Bourgh [...] Elizabeth’s courage did not fail her. She had heard nothing of Lady Catherine that spoke her awful from any extraordinary talents or miraculous virtue, and the mere stateliness of money and rank she thought she could witness without trepidation [...] Elizabeth found herself quite equal to the scene, and could observe the three ladies before her composedly [...] Elizabeth was called on by her cousin to give her opinion of all that she had seen at Rosings, which, for Charlotte’s sake, she made more favourable than it really was. But her commendation, though costing her some trouble, could by no means satisfy Mr. Collins, and he was very soon obliged to take her ladyship’s praise into his own hands.

We would not describe Elizabeth’s emotions upon seeing Rosings as “trepidation,” exactly. We shall chalk this up to artistic license.