Twitter-ature: Shakespeare's Hamlet condensed for Twitter

Some of the world's best known books have been condensed down to Twitter size, reports Ananova.

Tim Collins, author of The Little Book Of Twitter, has transformed them into 140 characters, reports The Sun.

They include Shakespeare's Hamlet which becomes: 'Danish guy's mum marries his murdered father's brother. He sees his dad's ghost. Everyone dies. Fail.'

Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, is rewritten as: 'Orphan given £££ by secret follower. He thinks it's @misshavisham but it turns out to be @magwitch.'

Wuthering Heights by Jane Austin becomes the pithy: 'Catherine Earnshaw marries Edgar Linton but really loves Heathcliff *sigh*.'

Salinger's Catcher in the Rye is reduced to: 'Rich kid thinks everyone is fake except for his little sister. Has breakdown.'

emily | 5:12 PM | Twitter |
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