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title: "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (Quirk Classics) Paperback – Bargain Price, September 15, 2009"
brand: "jane austenben h. winters"
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# Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (Quirk Classics) Paperback – Bargain Price, September 15, 2009

**Brand:** jane austenben h. winters
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- **What is this?** Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (Quirk Classics) Paperback – Bargain Price, September 15, 2009 by jane austenben h. winters
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Would Jane Austen Turn in her Grave... or Applaud?
  

*by M***R on Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2013*

"Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" is a masterpiece. And this from a Jane Austen purist.  The author has completed two remarkable writing feats notoriously hard to pull off:  Created a complete alternate universe with its own culture, true to its own laws from beginning to end; and made me feel as if I was really reading about Austen's authentic Elinor, Marianne, Willoughby et al.The sea monster world was so graphic, gruesome and juicy, I almost broke out in hives from my seafood allergies.  More than once I caught myself grimacing and wrinkling my nose at imagined fishy stink.  Normally, the violence alone would be enough to make me abandon the book, but author Wilson only uses it to throw Regency cultural values into sharper and more satirical relief -- witness the scene of Elinor and Marianne earnestly engaging in prim introspection, concerned about social appropriateness and proper behavior, when (SPOILER ALERT) the entire underwater dome is about to crack at the onslaught of the sea monster rebellion and a servant has just been gruesomely murdered before their eyes (unnoticed).Setting the main story and its sub-plots against such a background also served to emphasize what Austen herself was indeed emphasizing -- the ludicrousness of Regency-era polite society.I did not fall off my chair laughing, but I did appreciate the skill and wit of the author.  My only complaint:  Colonel Brandon was a little *too* graphically repulsive.  But I quite forgave this at the end of the book, when the author innocently explained the advantages of extra appendages (and I did teeter on the edge of my chair at that).Ultimately, I consider this book a resounding success because (a) the author wrote quite as masterly a satire of social mores as did Austen herself (b) he wrote a satire of Austen's satire -- breathtaking (c) I not only found it darkly amusing -- I thoroughly enjoyed it.Great job, Ben H. Winters.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An Instance of Virtue
  

*by A***S on Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2021*

Jane Austen novels are sometimes regarded as pertaining more to traditionally feminine affairs: courtships, marriages, domesticity, etc.But what’s often overlooked is Austen’s very traditional view of human behavior. Each major character has certain vices and virtues; here given the Aristotelian meaning of those traits which enable the possessor to live a good life. Of course, the virtues do pertain to proper ethics. But Austen thought that this world makes the virtues a path to a happy and fulfilled life.It’s a far cry from modern sensibilities but it is interesting to see the Nicomachean Ethics here exemplified in such an distinctive setting. In other words, Austen is not just a long series of fortunate romances.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Four Stars
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2015*

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