What is Tyersall Park?

Su Yi’s European-style mansion, Tyersall Park, symbolizes Nick’s potential inheritance as well as the conflict between Western and Eastern culture. Eleanor frequently refers to Nick’s eventual inheritance of the family fortune as his inheritance of Tyersall Park, equating the family fortune with the property itself. In addition, the European-style mansion with its French gardens and English tea ceremonies is a stark contrast from Su Yi herself, a traditional Asian woman who clings to the importance heritage and pride and blames westernization for most everything.