Jane Austen Book Club: Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters

Saturday, November 14
Start Time: 2:00 PM

The Jane Austen Book Club will discuss the new novel Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters, the second in a series of "literary mash-ups" in which the story of a classic Jane Austen novel is "enhanced" with paranormal elements.  (The first novel being the best-selling Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.)  All are welcome.

About the book:
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 serpents, and other biological monstrosities.

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? It's survival of the fittest—and only the swiftest swimmers will find true love!