Well He's No Colin Firth...

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but for those of you with 50,000 pounds ($98,000) to spare, this portrait of Thomas Lefroy, believed to be Austen's inspiration for Mr. Darcy, goes on sale at auction in London this week. And on a related note, don't forget my upcoming book club show with Laurie Viera Rigler, author of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, two weeks from today, June 25th at 7 pm EST. Set your reminder for the show here!

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He's no Colin Firth, but surprisingly, he does look like James McAvoy (who played Tom Lefroy in Becoming Jane) if you look at the two pictures side by side.

Looking forward to talking to you on the 25th!

Posted by: Laurie Viera Rigler | June 11, 2008 at 08:13 PM

Yeah, I thought that too and in fact, when I first read the post, I called him James Lefroy!

Posted by: Book Club Girl | June 12, 2008 at 11:24 AM

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