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2. How does Courtney/Jane use Jane Austen's novels as a means of making sense of her world? Have you ever turned to your favorite books or films for inner strength, guidance, or comfort?

3. How do you interpret the ending of the book?

4. Aside from the societal restrictions on a woman's mobility, career choices, and living arrangements that Courtney/Jane faced in 1813, have parental, peer, and personal attitudes toward unmarried women fundamentally changed since Jane Austen's day?

5. One of the ways in which Courtney/Jane defines herself is by what she reads. To what extent do we define ourselves by what we read? To what extent do we form our opinions of others based on what they read?

6. Like Courtney/Jane, have you ever found yourself in a situation where your very concept of who you are was fundamentally challenged?

7. What are the things you think you would enjoy the most about being in Jane Austen's world? What are the things you might find particularly challenging? Is there anything in the contemporary world that you absolutely could not do without?

8. If it were possible for you to be someone in Jane Austen's world, who would you wish to be? Would you prefer a round-trip ticket to that world, or one-way only?

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