Sense & Sensibility

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Call Number: Teen Graphic Novel / Sense & Sensibility, Teen Book / Comics & Graphic Novels / General / Sense & Sensibility
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Graphic Novel / Sense & Sensibility	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Comics & Graphic Novels / General / Sense & Sensibility	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Comics & Graphic Novels / General / Sense & Sensibility	4-week checkout	Due 05-07-2024

"Originally published in magazine format as "Sense & Sensibility" #1-5" -- cover.
Reprint. Originally published: 2010.
Presents, in graphic novel format, a tale of English country manners in which two sisters, one sensible and one impulsive, wrestle with their attractions to unsuitable men after they are forced to leave their family home following the death of their father.
Contents: Sense and sensibility.

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Jane Austen light submitted by camelsamba on June 24, 2014, 8:01pm I've never read any Jane Austen novels (quietly hangs head in shame), so I figured this would be a good introduction. Even in this adaptation some of the language is really hard to parse and the social interactions are so complicated. I do appreciate that it wasn't turned into late 20th century vernacular or valley girl speak or something, but now I know I never would have made it through actual Jane Austen! And I had a hard time keeping a few of the (more minor) characters straight.

I enjoyed the graphical style, although the book did seem to combine two different styles. The primary one was elongated and elegant, but every now and then there would be some panels where the characters were sort of squashed and caricatured. (I'd say 'cartoony', but, um... yeah. Not quite the right word in the context of a graphic novel!) Was this done for a reason, to convey something in particular? If so, I didn't catch it.

I would probably read other graphic novel adaptations of Jane Austen, but I'm not going to rush out to do it.