Sense and sensibility and sea monsters / by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters ; illustrations by Eugene Smith.

By:

Winters, Ben H

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Quirk classicsPublication details: Philadelphia : Quirk Books ; San Francisco : Distributed in North America by Chronicle Books, c2009.Description: 343 p. : ill., map ; 21 cmISBN:

9781594744426
1594744424 (pbk.)

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Genre/Form:

Regency fiction.

DDC classification:

813/.6 22

LOC classification:

PS3623.I6735 S46 2009

Summary: "As our story opens, 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?"--P. [4] of cover.

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Includes reader's discussion guide (p. 342-343).

"As our story opens, 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?"--P. [4] of cover.

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