TY - BOOK AU - Winters,Ben H. TI - Sense and sensibility and sea monsters T2 - Quirk classics SN - 9781594744426 (pbk.) AV - PS3623.I6735 S46 2009 U1 - 813/.6 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Philadelphia, San Francisco PB - Quirk Books, Distributed in North America by Chronicle Books KW - Austen, Jane, KW - Inheritance and succession KW - Fiction KW - Sisters KW - Courtship KW - Young women KW - Monsters KW - Islands KW - Social classes KW - Parodies KW - England KW - Horror tales N1 - Includes discussion questions (p. 342-343) N2 - 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? ER -