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Description
From the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies comes a new tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Elinor Dashwood: eldest Dashwood girl, sensible and conserved, noted for her masterful driftwood whittling
- Marianne Dashwood: middle Dashwood sister, fanciful and romantic, enjoys reading diaries of shipwrecked sailors
- Margaret Dashwood: youngest Dashwood sister, young and adventurous, obsessed with the mysteries of Pestilent Isle
- Colonel Brandon: gentleman of five and thirty, afflicted with facial appendages
- Willoughby: gentleman of five and twenty, desires finding buried treasure to clear debts
- Edward Ferrar: brother of Mrs. John Dashwood, shy and quiet, in love with Elinor
- John Dashwood: half brother of Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, selfish and easily influenced by his wife
- Henry Dashwood: Father to John, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, is eaten by a hammerhead shark
- Sir John Middleton: relation of the Dashwoods, avid adventurer, rents Mrs. Dashwood a sea shanty on Pestilent Isle
- Lady Middleton: Sir John's wife, was kidnapped with a burlap sack from her homeland by Sir John
First Sentence
The family of Dashwood had been settled in Sussex since before the Alteration, when the waters of the world grew cold and hateful to the sons of man, and darkness moved on the face of the deep.
Table of Contents
Glossary
- The Alteration: reference to the time when ocean-dwelling creatures turned against humankind, the origins of which is yet unknown though many theories abound.
Series
This book is in the Quirk Classics series.
Authors & Contributors
- Ben H. Winters (Adapter)
- Jane Austen (Author)
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