Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Happy Birthday Mr. Tom Lefroy!

Tuesday 8 January 2013
Today is Mr. Tom Lefroy's 237th birthday! So, Happy Birthday Tom!

By now anyone interested in Jane Austen knows who Mr. Tom Lefroy is, but do we really need an excuse to watch Becoming Jane just one more time? I don't. I am always ready and willing.

In the oldest known letter Jane Austen wrote to Cassandra, on Saturday 9-Sunday 10 January 1796:

"Mr. Tom Lefroy's birthday was yesterday, so that you are very near of an age." - Jane Austen, letter number one.

Jane was joking. Cassandra was really three years older than Tom. Mr. Lefroy was born on Monday 8 January 1776. So, he was actually a few weeks younger than Jane herself.

Anyway, Happy Birthday Tom!
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