Pride and Prejudice scene – invented for much-loved TV version – gets 12ft fibreglass tribute
The notorious scene in the nation's favourite BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, in which Colin Firth as Mr Darcy emerges wet-shirted and dripping from the lake of his country estate after an impromptu swim, has been celebrated in the shape of a 12-foot sculpture of the romantic hero.
The statue of superhuman proportions has been temporarily installed in the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, London, and will tour the UK before settling at its final home in Lyme Park, Cheshire, where the eye-catching scene was filmed.
The scene – which does not feature in Jane Austen's original novel – spices up Darcy's relationship with Elizabeth Bennet in a way that would certainly have been frowned upon at the time. The novel keenly observes Regency England, including the emotionally stilted Mr Darcy, whose proposal to Lizzie is one of literature's most tender and awkward moments:
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