Churchill

The novel's main events take place at the Churchill estate, the home of the Vernons. Churchill represents an idealized Victorian pastoral whereas London is decadent. It is an affluent and lush estate where the upper crust gather and most characters are trying to gain admittance into Churchill. Lady Susan conning her way into Churchill is the inciting incident of the tale. Churchill stands for a type of lifestyle that all characters are aspiring towards, that is, a successful one by Victorian standards. Churchill is also the open arena of the story's main power struggles, where everyone makes a formal show of propriety in keeping with manners.

London

Whereas Churchill represents an idealized Victorian home life, London is the polar opposite; it is a den of iniquity and vice. London is the place where all characters escape to do perform their secretive and scandalous acts. A hub of industrialization...