- Published: Philadelphia : San Francisco : Quirk Books ; distributed by Chronicle Books, c2009.
- Year Published: 2009
- Description: 343 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 1180
ISBN/Standard Number
- 9781594744426 (pbk.)
- 1594744424 (pbk.)
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Subjects
- Sisters -- Fiction.
- Monsters -- Fiction.
- Islands -- Fiction.
- Social classes -- Fiction.
- Courtship -- Fiction.
- Inheritance and succession -- Fiction.
- Parodies.
- England -- Fiction.
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Call number: Fiction
Available Copies: Downtown 1st Floor, Malletts Adult, Pittsfield Adult, Traverwood Adult
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Includes discussion questions (p. 342-343).
The Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Can the Dashwood sisters triumph over meddlesome matriarchs and unscrupulous rogues to find true love? Or will they fall prey to the tentacles that are forever snapping at their heels?
Contents: Sense and sensibility.
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Improvement on P&P&Z
Unlike Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the plot of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters really stands on its own, separate from the original Sense and Sensibility. It might be a little painful for fans of Austen's Colonel Brandon to see him deformed into a human-sea monster hybrid, but after a little while you'll find yourself swept away by the tide of the story. Those who don't think they would like Austen would do better to start with this book than with P&P&Z since this one has a much higher "ultraviolence" to romance ratio than Quirk Books' first Austen-inspired publication.
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