Talk:Thomas Langlois Lefroy

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Tom Lefroy called his eldest daughter 'jane'. this suggests a more prominent flirtation between jane austen and himself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cat123rox (talk • contribs) 00:33, 2007 April 12

I noticed that the dates given in the article (and the online archive) did not jibe (Saturday, January 9th cannot be followed by Thursday, January 16th). A quick check with a weekday calculator confirms that Saturday was the 9th, making the following Thursday the 14th. Also the first quote had left out a bit that in context is pretty clearly also about Tom, which I added. —MJBurrage • TALK  • 21:01, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I am new to editing Wikipedia, so please bear with me. I have striked the following statement in this article, "However, it may have been he whom Austen had in mind when she invented the character Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice — Darcy was quite a well known and distinguished name in Ireland at the time with legal connections and a family barony that could pass down the female line". Current scholarship is not consistent on this point. While I see the reference that is made here, Jon Spence's "Becoming Jane Austen" from 2003 suggests that Jane Austen used personalities as the models for Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett, using herself as a model for Mr. Darcy and Tom Lefroy as the model for Elizabeth Bennett. Also, while the courship between Tom and Jane took place over the year or so that Pride and Prejudice was written the comparisons between the then student Tom Lefroy and the accomplished Mr. Darcy are premature at best in terms of success and connections. If there are no objections I would like to suggest that the line I have striked be deleted, or instead I can add some language simillar to what I have done here to at least highlight that Tom Lefroy had some kind of impact on the novel. Skbruce (talk) 13:40, 3 October 2009 (UTC)


 * For anyone editing this article, please note - John Spence's 2003 biography, "Becoming Jane Austen" suggests that Jane Austen actually used personalities as the models for Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett, using herself as a model for Mr. Darcy and Tom Lefroy as the model for Elizabeth Bennett. This is not a typo. Spence suggests that Darcy's more introverted manner and shyness was actually more characteristic of Jane Austen and that the witty, gregariousness of Elizabeth Bennett was more characteristic of the young Tom Lefroy. Please refer to Mr. Spence's book before editing - thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skbruce (talk • contribs) 07:54, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Dubious Sources
This article is full of supposition and perhaps even fiction. The source for the statement that Lefroy attended Jane Austen's funeral is dubious at best. (Some of the claims on that webpage are ridiculous and outrageous.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by BellyOption (talk • contribs) 01:46, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Why are the dates in brackets?
Are the letters undated, with just the day? Rothorpe (talk) 23:43, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Jane Austen
On her page it says she knew him from December to January, a maximum of two months, not the year indicated here. 86.134.83.50 (talk) 14:42, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

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