Discussion Questions for Mansfield Park

1.  What do you think of Fanny Price as the heroine of this novel?

2.  What kind of role does family play in the development of individual characters?

3.  How did the Crawford's (Mary and Henry) affect the family dynamics?

4.  Why do you think Edmund is drawn to Mary?

5.  Do you think Henry actually fell in love with either Maria or Fanny, or is he more of a player? 

6.  Should Fanny have given Henry a real chance? Or was she right to refuse his proposal?

7.  Edmund seems to always turn to Fanny for her input.  Why do you think her opinion is important to him? At what point do you think they fall in love with each other? 

8.  How does Mansfield Park compare to the other two Austen novels we have read? Do you feel like Mansfield Park is more or less complex then Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice?

9.  Which character did you relate most closely to in this novel and why? 

10.  Do you think Mansfield Park is something of a morality tale, a story that has a sort of moral lesson in it? 

11.  Would you recommend this novel to a friend?

ATTENTION!!! Change of schedule.....

Since we are taking on the two of the largest Jane Austen novels (Mansfield Park and Emma), we are going to add two extra weeks onto Emma's schedule.  We can use those two weeks to catch up on Mansfield Park, and wrap it up, or if you are already done with Mansfield Park you can put those extra two weeks towards Emma.  We are all doing such a great job sticking to the schedule, this change will just allow us to stretch a bit during these more lengthy novels. Below is the updated reading schedule.

Emma.... May 1st - July 16th

Northanger Abbey.... July 17st - September 10th

Persuasion.... September 11th - November 12th

Don't forget to mark the changes on your calender. Until then Happy reading.