Sense and Sensibility (film) to appeal to contemporary audiences. Grant's Edward and Rickman's Brandon are "ideal" modern males who display an obvious love of children as well as "pleasing manners", especially when contrasted with Palmer. Thompson's script both expanded and omitted scenes from Edward's storyline, including the deletion of an early scene in which Elinor assumes that a lock of hair found in Edward's possession is hers, when it belongs to Lucy. He was made more fully realised and honourable than in the novel to increase his appeal to viewers. To gradually show viewers why Brandon is worthy of Marianne's love, Thompson's screenplay has
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (2009) is a parody novel by Ben H. Winters, with Jane Austen credited as co-author. It is a mashup story containing elements from Jane Austen's 1811 novel "Sense and Sensibility" and common tropes from sea monster stories. It is the thematic sequel to another 2009 novel from the same publisher called "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". It was first published by Quirk Books on September 15, 2009. The story follows the plot of "Sense and Sensibility", but places the novel in an alternate universe version of Regency era