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74 pages 2 hours read

Erin Morgenstern

The Night Circus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

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Essay Topics

1.

At the conclusion of the novel, the circus seems to remain active and to be traveling to different locations. How might the circus change over time to accommodate different cultures and generations?

2.

Isobel and Celia are depicted as being foils or rivals for each other. What other characters serve as foils or rivals for each other in the novel?

3.

Time plays an important role in the novel, particularly because the circus performers don’t age. In your opinion, is time being manipulated by any specific forces or characters, or is time presented as being a matter of destiny and fate?

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