Showing posts with label jane austen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jane austen. Show all posts

Monday, 10 January 2011

Book Trailer: Sense and Sensibility and Seamonsters



Don't you just love the crappy special effects?

In the spirit of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, there also is an adaptation for an other work of Jane Austen, the classic Sense and Sensibility. I love these adaptations (calling them parodies seems a little harsh) and I hope S&S&S will be awesome! It's been on my to be read pile for a while since I've made a promise to myself that I would read Jane Austen's original work first. Looking forward to the angry octopus feeding on prettily clothed Englishmen though!

Blurb
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 octopodes, 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?

This masterful portrait of Regency England blends Jane Austen’s biting social commentary with ultraviolent depictions of sea monsters biting. It’s survival of the fittest—and only the swiftest swimmers will find true love!

Thursday, 16 December 2010

Jane Austen Day

Today 335 years ago one of the most inspirational female writers was born. And of course, this must be celebrated!

As Chick with Books kindly pointed out, a few sites have agreed to give away free ebook copies of novels that are inspired by Jane Austen's books. You can check out Barnes & Noble, and maybe by now some other sites have put them up for free too.

The free titles:
But be quick! They will only be free today, and maybe sometime tomorrow.