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Lefroy met Jane Austen during a break from studying law. ... Tom took several weeks off in December of 1795 to visit his Uncle and Aunt, Rev. George and Anne Lefroy in Ashe, nearly 60 miles away." ...
In his 2003 biography, Becoming Jane Austen, Jon Spence suggests that Jane Austen actually used her and Tom Lefroy's personalities as the models for Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, but not in an expected way. Spence suggests that Jane Austen used Tom Lefroy's more gregarious personality as the model for the novel's heroine Elizabeth Bennet, and ...
- 8 January 1776
- Francis Blackburne
Jul 16, 2011 · Tom returned to his uncle’s house in London and to his studies. Many readers persist in thinking that Anne Lefroy sent him away in order to avoid an imprudent match on Tom’s part. Certainly, it would have been in his best interest to marry well. Anna Austen Lefroy, Anne Lefroy’s daughter in law and Jane Austen’s niece, refutes this theory.
- Alex Hannaford
Becoming Jane is based on a chapter in Jon Spence’s 2003 critical biography, Becoming Jane Austen.In the book, Spence does identify Tom Lefroy as the love of Austen’s life and her relationship ...
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Becoming Jane, which is based on the life of Jane Austen, cleverly weaves fact and fiction to make Austen the heroine of a love story not unlike those in her novels. Anne Hathaway plays Austen, and James McAvoy fills the role of the romantic hero, Tom Lefroy. While the movie is not a biography, certain aspects of the story of Austen and Lefroy ...
Dec 3, 2021 · Thomas Langlois Lefroy (1776-1869) was a noted Irish barrister and a member of the British Parliament. He was appointed to the Privy Council for Ireland and presided for 14 years as Lord Chief ...
Tom Lefroy is thereby exculpated from the charge leveled by his aunt, Madam Lefroy, of “behav[ing] so ill to Jane Austen” (Anna Austen Lefroy, qtd. in Le Faye, “Tom Lefroy” 337). Assessing the connection between Austen and Lefroy must begin with what Austen actually says about the contact they had. Her letter of 9-10 January 1796 speaks ...
