Quirk Books is comes a remarkable new Jane Austen classic adapted for modern readers: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. There’s a fun trailer available. Ben Winters, a writer from Brooklyn, is the one who added the extra bits to the established story. From the press release: “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.”
Darn it, where are the vampires?!
You’re right. They are missing a Titanic-sized boat by not writing vampires in while the craze is on.
What! What? I am in shock good Sir. This utterly disagreeable occasion cannot be allowed to stand. You must do something immediately! I’ll call for the groom to ready your horse.
Dear Jane—she would be horrified.
It seems there’s fully three “vampire adaptations” of Austen coming out–Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, The Immortal Jane, and Darcy’s Hunger. Ack.
http://austenprose.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/darcys-hunger-a-vampire-retelling-of-jane-austens-pride-and-prejudice-by-regina-jeffers-%E2%80%93-a-preview/
Excuse me, “The Immortal Jane” will be a series of books…
Seems as if I heard about The Immortal Jane stuff.