Why might Jane Austen have chosen the epistolary style in which to write this story? How might the story be different if it were not written in letters, but in dialogue, or in a more standard format?

With which character do you empathize the most? Which character has  Austen shaped to be the most sympathetic? Explain your reasoning using examples from the text. 

What roles do artifice and truth play within the story? How are these ideas related to the themes, symbols, and literary devices found within the book?