Earlier this year I watched Becoming Jane - about a young Jane Austen who strives to become a writer against the wishes of her mother. She's courted by a number of young men and rejects them all until meeting Thomas Lefroy, who rocks her world. Both families oppose the union, so Lefroy suggests that they run away together.Jane remains at home, never marries, but ends up writing some of the most popular and lasting literature in the English language. The character Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice is supposedly based on her real life love, Thomas Lefroy.
That DVD inspired me to rewatch the BBC series based on her novels and to listen to the unabridged audiobooks available through the Twinsburg Library, Project Gutenberg, and Librivox.
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