Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?

Lots of quotes I cannot remember now but I loved the Georgette Heyer book The Unknown Ajax. The language was very descriptive especially the other characters describing one man who was a bit of a dandy (and clearly could not pull it off!).

I have come late to historical romances but really like them now (gone soft in old age!!!),

Not a speech but mum looked forward to Mr Darcy's cold dip in the lake (on DVD) and every time she fell asleep before it came about. Eventually she saw it and was happy!!!

Also the chapter in East of Eden where he tells the story of Cathy's early life and describes how beautiful she is, yet also a monster.

The scene in Brideshead Revisited where Cordelia tells Charles what has happened to Sebastian and what his future will be like.

The scene in the Jeeves and Wooster stories where Bertie overhears Jeeves describe him as “mentally negligible”.😆

The scene in Bleak House where Joe, the little ragged orphan, sweeps the grave of a dead drug addict because he was so nice to him and because it’s all Joe can do (I am literally welling up just describing that scene - Dickens, you old magician, no one on earth makes me bawl like you do).

The scene in Jude the Obscure where Jude feels sorry for the birds and so lets them eat the corn and is beaten by the farmer for doing so.

The scene in D H Lawrence’s Rainbow where the farmer drowns. It’s grim, but it’s an astonishing bit of writing.

The opening to Wilde’s Dorian Gray, where Lord Henry and the painter discuss art.

The scene in Edward St Aubyn’s Melrose books where Patrick dines alone in New York and is having an imaginary conversation with his nanny.

The scene in Aldous Huxley’s Chrome Yellow where Mr Scogan rips Dennis’s novel to pieces.

The whole section in The Goldfinch where Theo and Boris are holed up in Vegas, drinking and smoking and eating crap.

The bit towards the start of The Secret History when Richard is falling in love with all the group and Bunny takes him to lunch and he gets to see Francis's house.

All the scenes in the advertising agency in Murder Must Advertise.

The scene in The Great Gatsby where Daisy comes over to meet Gatsby again.

Oh and description of Valency moving to the island after she and Barney marry.

Yes to most of your examples!

I love the bit in The Farthest Shore when Ged says "I knew him first". The play performances in Autumn Term and End of Term. When Fanny realises she is going back to Mansfield Park and she is so happy despite what causes her return.