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Instead of the Thorn

by Georgette Heyer

A contemporary romance about a naive girl brought up in a Victorian manner, she married very young and is little able to cope with life and marriage in the modern world. One of the four "contemporary" novels Georgette Heyer had suppressed.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?